Stable isotope measurements of carbon fractions (OC/EC) in airborne particulate: A new dimension for source characterization and apportionment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2690-2705

  Huang, L ^a   Brook, J R ^a   Zhang, W ^a   Li, S M ^a   Graham, L ^a   Ernst, D ^a   Chivulescu, A ^a   Lu, G ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; 13C 12C; Black carbon; EC; OC

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMBUSTION; COMPOSITION; GRAPHITE; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

BASELINE SEPARATIONS; ELEMENTAL CARBON OR BLACK CARBON FRACTION (EC OR BC); ISOTOPIC RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER (GC-IRMS); ORGANIC CARBON FRACTION (OC); THERMAL OPTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CARBON BLACK;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; GRAPHITE; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUCROSE;

COMBUSTION; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBON; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; REDOX CONDITIONS;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMBUSTION; DESORPTION; FILTER; FOREST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645776273     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.062     Document Type: Article

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