Combustion characteristics of water-insoluble elemental and organic carbon in size selected ambient aerosol particles

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1905-1913

  Wittmaack, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; COMBUSTION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY;

EID: 24644446392     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-5-1905-2005     Document Type: Article

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