Particulate nitrate measurement using nylon filters

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1100-1110

  Yu, Xiao Ying ^a   Lee, Taehyoung ^a   Ayres, Benjamin ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Collett, Jeffrey L ^a   Malm, William ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POSITIVE IONS; WATER;

AEROSOL MONITORING NETWORKS; DEIONIZED WATER; TEFLON FILTERS;

NYLON POLYMERS;

ION; NITRATE; NITRIC ACID; NYLON; POLITEF; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; WATER;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; FILTER; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; NITRATES; NYLONS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944472867     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2005.10464721     Document Type: Article

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