Characterization of atmospheric particles by electron probe x-ray microanalysis

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Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 297-300

  Alföldy, Balint ^a   Trincavelli, Jorge ^a,c   Török, Szabina ^a   Castellano, Gustavo ^a,b  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Electron microprobe; Environmental aerosols; Spectral deconvolution; Standardless analysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MICROCHEMICAL;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

GLASS; SODIUM;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

EID: 0036867953     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.4950240603     Document Type: Article

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