The transformation of outdoor ammonium nitrate aerosols in the indoor environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 39-40, 2003, Pages 5633-5644

  Lunden, Melissa M ^a   Revzan, Kenneth L ^a   Fischer, Marc L ^a   Thatcher, Tracy L ^a   Littlejohn, David ^a   Hering, Susanne V ^b   Brown, Nancy J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Ammonia; Chemical transformation; Indoor particulate nitrate; Nitric acid; Penetration

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NITRATES; NITRIC ACID; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

PARTICLE DEPOSITION;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CARBON; NITRIC ACID; SULFATE;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; INDOOR AIR;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; AEROSOL; AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVAPORATION; GAS DIFFUSION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345724959     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.09.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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