Development and characterization of a fast-stepping/scanning thermodenuder for chemically-resolved aerosol volatility measurements

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-407

  Huffman, J Alex ^a   Ziemann, Paul J ^b   Jayne, John T ^c   Worsnop, Douglas R ^c   Jimenez, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AEROSOLS; CARBON; COOLING; DIFFUSION; GAS ADSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; STANDARDS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ACTIVATED CHARCOAL; AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CONSTANT TEMPERATURES; COOLING FANS; COOLING ZONES; DATA POINTS; DIFFUSION LOSSES; FIELD DATA; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICLE SPECIES; TEMPERATURE PROFILING; VOLATILE SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 46049097568     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820802104981     Document Type: Article

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