Performance characteristics of PM10 samplers under calm air conditions

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 578-587

  Lai, Chane Yu ^a   Chen, Chih Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EFFICIENCY; INSTRUMENT TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SIZE SEPARATION;

AEROSOL SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; CALM AIR CONDITIONS; SIZE SELECTIVE PARTICULATE SAMPLERS; ULTRASONIC ATOMIZING NOZZLE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

OIL;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; WORKROOM AIR; AIR POLLUTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEBULIZER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034164368     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2000.10464029     Document Type: Article

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