Robust method to compare aerosol chargers

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Kleefsman, W A ^a   van Gulijk, C ^b,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corona; Electrical charge level; Modelling

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AEROSOL CHARGERS; CORONA NEEDLE CHARGER; ELECTRICAL CHARGE LEVEL; PARTICLE CHARGING EQUATIONS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CORONA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEBULIZER; NEEDLE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VACUUM;

EID: 37849053919     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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