Description and theoretical analysis of a differential mobility spectrometer

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 527-541

  Biskos, G ^a,b   Reavell, K ^a   Collings, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEPOSITION; ELECTROMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AEROSOL PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETER (DMS); ELECTRICAL MOBILITY ANALYSIS; ELECTROMETER RINGS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETER; DIFFUSION; EXHAUST GAS; FLOW RATE; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 22244476693     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027868291004832     Document Type: Article

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