Development of highly sensitive passive sampler for nitrogen dioxide using porous polyethylene membrane filter as turbulence limiting diffuser

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4079-4088

  Sekine, Yoshika ^a   Watts, Simon F ^b   Rendell, Andrew ^c   Butsugan, Michio ^d  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Resonac Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion filter; Nitrogen dioxide; Palmes' tube; Passive sampler; Sampling rate; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSERS (FLUID); MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; POLYETHYLENES; POROUS MATERIALS; TURBULENCE;

DIFFUSION FILTERS; PALMES' TUBE; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; SAMPLING RATE;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

AMMONIA; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; POLYETHYLENE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRIETHANOLAMINE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; DESIGN METHOD; FILTER; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLYMER; SAMPLER; TURBULENCE;

AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FILTER; PASSIVE SAMPLER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 43849083920     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.029     Document Type: Article

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