The fractionation of atmospheric coarse aerosol by a tunnel sampler employing single stage impactors

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-334

  Eleftheriadis, K ^a   Colbeck, I ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CONTROL; FRACTIONATION; NITRATES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WIND TUNNELS;

CASCADE IMPACTORS; MAY CASCADE IMPACTOR; SINGLE STAGE IMPACTORS; SULPHATE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; SAMPLING; WIND TUNNEL;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; FRACTIONATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; WIND;

EID: 0034159901     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(99)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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