Measured infrared spectral extinction for aerosolized Bacillus subtilis var. niger endospores from 3 to 13 μm

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 25, 2001, Pages 4443-4448

  Gurton, Kristan P ^a   Ligon, David ^a   Kvavilashvili, Ramaz ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ENDOSPORES;

LIGHT EXTINCTION;

EID: 0037824478     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.004443     Document Type: Article

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