Structural and fractal properties of particles emitted from spark ignition engines

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6647-6654

  Chakrabarty, Rajan K ^a   Moosmüller, Hans ^a   Arnott, W Patrick ^a,b   Garro, Mark A ^a,c   Walker, John ^a,d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Droplet Measurement Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELEMENTAL CARBON RATIO; SHAPE DESCRIPTORS; UNIFIED DRIVING CYCLES (UDC);

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

MONOMER; ORGANIC CARBON;

FRACTALS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ENGINE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CAR; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTALS; HYDROCARBONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33750911793     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060537y     Document Type: Article

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