Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Instrumentation for the Semicontinuous Determination of Particulate Nitrate (and Other Water-Soluble Particulate Components)

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-305

  Long, Russell W ^a   Mc Clenny, William A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NITRATES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

FIELD EVALUATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE COMPONENTS; PULSE ANALYZER;

AIR POLLUTION;

MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645760968     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2006.10464462     Document Type: Article

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