Impact of the hydrocarbon to NOx ratio on secondary organic aerosol formation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3143-3149

  Song, Chen ^a   Na, Kwangsam ^a   Cocker III, David R ^a  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERICS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OZONE;

M-XYLENE; OZONE CONCENTRATIONS; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL (SOA); SMOG CHAMBER;

HYDROCARBONS;

NITRIC OXIDE; XYLENE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

AEROSOL; HYDROCARBON; OZONE; XYLENE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOOXIDATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL FORMATION; SPECTROMETER; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN OXIDES; XYLENES;

EID: 18344390724     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0493244     Document Type: Article

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