Inter-particle and gas-particle interactions in sampling artifacts of PM2.5 in filter-based samplers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1597-1607

  Pathak, Ravi Kant ^a   Chan, Chak K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acidity; Ammonium; Chloride; Denuder; Evaporative loss; Nitrate; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EVAPORATION; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; THERMODYNAMICS;

GAS-PARTICLES; IONIC COMPOSITION; POST-SAMPLING; SAMPLING ARTIFACTS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FILTER; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 14744269059     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.10.018     Document Type: Article

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