Measuring the trace elemental composition of size-resolved airborne particles

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1925-1933

  Herner, Jorn D ^a,b   Green, Peter G ^a   Kleeman, Michael J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AIRBORNE PARTICLES; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM ANODE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BISMUTH; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; GALLIUM; GERMANIUM; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SILICON; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; THALLIUM; TIN; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ACETONE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TRACE ELEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXTRACTION; METHOD DETECTION LIMIT; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 33645227246     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052315q     Document Type: Article

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