Development and evaluation of a personal cascade impactor sampler (PCIS)

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1027-1047

  Misra, Chandan ^a   Singh, Manisha ^a   Shen, Si ^a   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a   Hall, Peter M ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b SKC Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery operated light pump; Impaction substrates; Particle bounce; Particulate matter (PM); Personal sampler

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; AERODYNAMICS; ALUMINUM; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLYSTYRENES; PRESSURE DROP; QUARTZ;

AIRBORNE PARTICLES;

AEROSOLS;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; POLITEF; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

AEROSOL; CASCADE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAMPLER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; EVALUATION; FILTER; FLOW RATE; GRAVIMETRY; LIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0036277758     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(02)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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