Organic and inorganic sampling artefacts assessment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1713-1720

  Vecchi, R ^a   Valli, G ^a   Fermo, P ^a   D'Alessandro, A ^a   Piazzalunga, A ^a,b   Bernardoni, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Denuder; Filter pack; Milan; Nitrates; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SAMPLERS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; DENUDER; FACE VELOCITIES; FIELD STUDIES; FILTER PACK; FILTER-BASED; HOT SPOTS; INORGANIC AEROSOLS; MASS CONCENTRATIONS; MILAN; NORTHERN ITALY; PO VALLEYS; QUARTZ FIBRES; QUARTZ FILTERS; SINGLE SPECIES; TEFLON FILTERS;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FIRE HAZARDS; GLASS FIBERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PERMANENT MAGNETS; QUARTZ; SAMPLING;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AEROSOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; NITRITE; ORGANIC CARBON; QUARTZ; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 60649089029     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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