Elemental analysis of size-fractionated particulate matter sampled in Göteborg, Sweden

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1426-1431

  Wagner, Annemarie ^a   Boman, Johan ^a   Gatari, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aerosol particle; G teborg; PIXE cascade impactor; Trace element; TXRF

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CHROMIUM; CIVIL AVIATION; COPPER; GAS DYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; STRONTIUM; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AEROSOL PARTICLE; AEROSOL SAMPLES; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; BACKWARD TRAJECTORIES; DIRECT ANALYSIS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCESS; MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGNS; PARTICULATE MATTERS; PIXE CASCADE IMPACTOR; SAMPLING PERIODS; SIZE FRACTIONS; STUDY AREAS; SUB-MICRON PARTICLES; SUBMICRON RANGES; TRACE ELEMENT; TXRF; UNIMODAL; URBAN AREAS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 59349112136     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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