A laboratory intercomparison of real-time gaseous ammonia measurement methods

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8412-8419

  Schwab, James J ^a   Li, Yongquan ^a   Bae, Min Suk ^a   Demerjian, Kenneth L ^a   Hou, Jian ^a,b   Zhou, Xianliang ^a,b   Jensen, Bjarne ^c   Pryor, Sara C ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CHEMILUMINESCENCE ANALYZER; TUNABLE DIODE LASER (TDL);

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; CALIBRATION; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AMMONIA; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REAL TIME;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIODE LASER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY; NITROLUX LASER ACOUSTOOPTICAL ABSORPTION ANALYZER; PHOTOMETER; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WET EFFUSIVE DIFFUSION DENUDER;

AMMONIA; DIFFUSION; GASES; LUMINESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37349032915     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070354r     Document Type: Article

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