Method for measuring effective density and fractal dimension of aerosol agglomerates

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 437-446

  Virtanen, Annele ^a   Ristimäki, Jyrki ^a   Keskinen, Jorma ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTALS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

FITTING PROCEDURE; FRACTAL DIMENSION;

AEROSOLS;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AGGLOMERATION; ARTICLE; DENSITY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 3042817138     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820490445155     Document Type: Article

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