Comparison of three methods of fractal analysis applied to soot aggregates from wood combustion

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 820-838

  Gwaze, Patience ^a,c   Schmid, Otmar ^a,c   Annegarn, Harold J ^b   Andreae, Meinrat O ^a   Huth, Joachim ^a   Helas, Günter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comparison; Fractal analysis; Soot; Wood combustion

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOOT;

COMPARISON; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; WOOD COMBUSTION;

FRACTALS;

COMBUSTION; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FILTER; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUELWOOD; MOBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE MOTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOOT; SURFACE AREA;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOOT;

EID: 32644466469     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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