Catalysed self-cleaning of air on the earth's surface

Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-146

  Hultquist, G ^a   Szakalos P ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Szakálos Material Science AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambient air; H2; H2 removal; Isotopes; Mass spectrometry; Molecular dissociation; N2; Natural quartz sand; NOx decomposition; O2

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CATALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SELF PURIFICATION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEHYDROGENATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33749056579     PISSN: 01677764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10874-006-9031-0     Document Type: Article

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