Development of an improved optical transmission technique for black carbon (BC) analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2089-2100

  Ballach, J ^a,b   Hitzenberger, R ^c   Schultz, E ^a   Jaeschke, W ^b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Immersion technique; Optical analysis; Scattering effects; Specific attenuation coefficient

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBON; OIL;

BLACK CARBON; FILTRATION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FILTER; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMMERSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SAMPLE; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035112149     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(00)00499-4     Document Type: Article

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