Uptake of acetone, ethanol and benzene to snow and ice: Effects of surface area and temperature

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Abbatt, J P D ^a   Bartels Rausch, T ^a   Ullerstam, M ^a   Ye, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric chemistry; BET; Ice; Snow; Surface area

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BENZENE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; EXPERIMENTS; FILM GROWTH; FILM PREPARATION; FREEZING; IONIZATION OF GASES; ISOTHERMS; LIQUIDS; MULTILAYERS; SNOW;

BET; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; GEOMETRIC SURFACE AREA; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; MONOLAYER FORMATION; MULTILAYER FORMATION; SATURATED SURFACES; SURFACE AREA;

ICE;

EID: 62749123439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/045008     Document Type: Article

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