A high-flow humidograph for testing the water uptake by ambient aerosol

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 4291-4300

  Ten Brink, Harry M ^a   Khlystov, Andrey ^a   Gerard, P A Kos ^a   Tuch, Thomas ^b   Roth, Christa ^c   Kreyling, Wolfgang ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Ammonium nitrate; Collection; Deliquescence; Sizing

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPORATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; HUMIDOGRAPH;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

AEROSOL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DESICCATION; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY METER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ABSORPTION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0034718048     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00197-7     Document Type: Article

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