Hygroscopicity of water-soluble organic compounds in atmospheric aerosols: Amino acids and biomass burning derived organic species

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1555-1562

  Chan, Man Nin ^a   Choi, Man Yee ^a   Ng, Nga Lee ^a,b   Chan, Chak K ^a  

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

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AMINO ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; EVAPORATION;

BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION; HYGROSCOPICITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH);

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; GALACTOSAN; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MANNOSAN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AEROSOL; AMINO ACID; BIOMASS BURNING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; HYGROSCOPICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; PHASE TRANSITION; SMOKE; SOLUBILITY; WETTABILITY;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

EID: 15244345697     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049584l     Document Type: Article

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