When aerosol sulfate goes up, so does oxalate: Implication for the formation mechanisms of oxalate

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-133

  Yu, Jian Zhen ^a   Huang, Xiao Feng ^a   Xu, Jinhui ^a   Hu, Min ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; SOLUBILITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER;

AEROSOL SULFATE; IN-CLOUD PROCESSING; OXALIC ACID; WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOLS;

OXALIC ACID; SULFATE;

AEROSOL FORMATION; OXALATE; OXALIC ACID; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; WORLD; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

GOES;

EID: 11244336587     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049559f     Document Type: Article

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