The effect of metastable equilibrium states on the partitioning of nitrate between the gas and aerosol phases

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-168

  Ansari, Asif S ^a   Pandis, Spyros N ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol nitrate; Deliquescence; Efflorescence; Metastable equilibrium; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EFFLORESCENCE; NITRATES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PHASE EQUILIBRIA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AEROSOL NITRATE; AEROSOL PHASE; DELIQUESCENCE BRANCH; GAS PHASE; METASTABLE EQUILIBRIUM STATES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

NITRATE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033990974     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00242-3     Document Type: Article

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