Determination of phase-distributed PAH in Rome ambient air by denuder/ GC-MS method

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1727-1734

  Possanzini, Massimiliano ^a   Di Palo, Vincenzo ^a   Gigliucci, Pierfrancesco ^a   Tomasi Scianò, Maria Concetta ^a   Cecinato, Angelo ^a  

^a Istituto Sull'inquinamento Atmosferico Rome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Annular denuder; Gas particle partitioning; PAH; Urban atmosphere

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

FLOW RATES; PHASE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANTHRACENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AMBIENT AIR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FILTER; FLOW RATE; GAS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING OPENING; TECHNIQUE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA; ROME; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1342286107     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.12.024     Document Type: Article

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