Removal of fine and ultrafine particles from indoor air environments by the unipolar ion emission

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 4815-4823

  Uk Lee, Byung ^a   Yermakov, Mikhail ^a   Grinshpun, Sergey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTERRORISM; ION EMISSIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR CLEANERS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ION;

INDOOR AIR; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MIGRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4043072801     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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