In situ measurement of the infrared absorption and extinction of chemical and biologically derived aerosols using flow-through photoacoustics

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4096-4101

  Gurton, Kristan P ^a   Dahmani, Rachid ^a   Ligon, David ^a   Bronk, Burt V ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KAOLIN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; REFRACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPLEX INDICES; INFRARED ABSORPTION; SILICONE OIL; SIZE MEASUREMENTS;

INFRARED RADIATION;

BIOPOLYMER; KAOLIN; SILICONE OIL;

ACOUSTICS; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

ACOUSTICS; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACILLUS; BACTERIA; BIOPOLYMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KAOLIN; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICONE OILS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 22144457575     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.004096     Document Type: Article

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