Characterization of natural aquatic colloids (<5 nm) by flow-field flow fractionation and atomic force microscopy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1111-1117

  Baalousha, M ^a   Lead, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOIDS; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FLOW-FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION (FIFFF); STOKES EINSTEIN EQUATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

FRESH WATER;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOIDS; FRACTIONATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COLLOID; FLOW FIELD; FRESHWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERMEABILITY; SORPTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CALCULATION; COLLOID; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PERMEABILITY; THEORY; WATER ANALYSIS;

COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION, FIELD FLOW; FRESH WATER; GREAT BRITAIN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 33847225916     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061766n     Document Type: Article

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