Improved lower particle size limit for aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 381-385

  Gälli, Markus ^a   Guazzotti, Sergio A ^a   Prather, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; LATEXES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES;

TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

MASS SPECTROMETERS;

POLYSTYRENE;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035084168     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820121494     Document Type: Article

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