Prompt deliquescence and efflorescence of aerosol nanoparticles

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4633-4642

  Biskos, G ^a   Paulsen, D ^a   Russell, L M ^b   Buseck, P R ^c   Martin, S T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE PHENOMENA; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 33750165808     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-4633-2006     Document Type: Article

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