Investigation of particles emitted from modern 2-stroke scooters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 183-195

  Etissa, D ^a   Mohr, M ^a   Schreiber, D ^a   Buffat, P A ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Laboratoire d'Electrochimie Physique et Analytique EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 Stroke scooters; Tandem DMA; TEM analysis; Volatile particles

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CALCIUM RICH PARTICLES; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZER (DMA); TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZER (TDMA); VOLATILE PARTICLES; X-RAY ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

MOTOR SCOOTERS;

AIR SAMPLING; DIESEL ENGINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOOT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 37349099427     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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