Investigation of winter atmospheric aerosol particles in downtown Katowice using XPS and SEM

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Wawros A ^a   Talik, E ^a   Pastuszka, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air aerosol; Elemental composition of aerosol; Photoelectron spectroscopy; PM 10; PM 2.5; Scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042238605     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927603030253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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