Demonstration of a VUV lamp photoionization source for improved organic speciation in an aerosol mass spectrometer

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 828-839

  Northway, Megan J ^a,f   Jayne, J T ^a   Toohey, D W ^b   Canagaratna, M R ^a   Trimborn, A ^a   Akiyama, K I ^c   Shimono, A ^d   Jimenez, J L ^b   DeCarlo, P F ^b   Wilson, K R ^e   Worsnop, D R ^a  

^a AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Sanyu Plant Service Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AMBIENT MEASUREMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMBINED ANALYSIS; ELECTRON IMPACT; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; MASS SPECTRA; MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS; NOVEL DESIGN; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC AEROSOL COMPOSITIONS; ORGANIC SPECIATION; PHOTON ENERGY; SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION; SYNCHROTRON SOURCE; THERMAL VAPORIZATION; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME-SCALES; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS; VUV LAMPS; VUV RADIATION; VUV SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLEIC ACID; PHOTOIONIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VAPORIZATION;

IMPACT IONIZATION;

ION; OLEIC ACID;

AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETRY; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON IMPACT IONIZATION; ENERGY; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; IONIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCHROTRON; TEMPERATURE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VACUUM; VAPORIZER;

EID: 38049161144     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820701496587     Document Type: Article

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