Loss of Particle Nitrate from Teflon Sampling Filters: Effects on Measured Gravimetric Mass in California and in the IMPROVE Network

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-104

  Ashbaugh, Lowell L ^a   Eldred, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FUEL FILTERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MONITORING; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

FEDERAL REFERENCE METHOD (FRM);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; POLITEF; SULFATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CYCLOTRON; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTER; GRAVIMETRY; HEATING; MASS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; VACUUM; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0347357759     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2004.10470878     Document Type: Article

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