Fast determination of the relative elemental and organic carbon content of aerosol samples by on-line single-particle aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3327-3335

  Ferge, T ^a,b   Karg, E ^c   Schroppel A ^c   Coffee, K R ^d   Tobias, H J ^d   Frank, M ^d   Gard, E E ^d   Zimmermann, R ^a,b,e  

^a Institut für Ökologische Chemie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BifA Bayerisches Institut für Umweltforschung und Technik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARBON; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOOT;

AEROSOL TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY (ATOFMS); DIFFUSION FLAME SOOT GENERATOR; ELEMENTAL CARBON (EC); TOTAL CARBON CONTENT;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ELEMENT; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AEROSOLS; CARBON; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SOOT;

AEROSOL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT;

AEROSOL; AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33646719084     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050799k     Document Type: Article

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