On source identification and alteration of single diesel and wood smoke soot particles in the atmosphere; an X-ray microspectroscopy study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5339-5344

  Vernooij, M G C ^a   Mohr, M ^a   Tzvetkov, G ^b   Zelenay, V ^b   Huthwelker, T ^b   Kaegi, R ^b   Gehrig, R ^a   Grobety B ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING EFFECTS; AROMATIC CARBON; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLES; CARBON BOND; CARBON STRUCTURES; CARBONACEOUS PARTICLES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIESEL COMBUSTION; DIESEL SOOT; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; MICRO SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR EDGE X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; PARTICLE SOURCE; SINGLE PARTICLE; SOOT PARTICLES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; TWO SOURCES; WOOD COMBUSTION; WOOD SMOKE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION; DUST; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OZONE; PHENOLS; SMOKE; SOOT; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WOOD;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; OZONE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; DIESEL ENGINE; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMOKE; SOOT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SAMPLING; SMOKE; SOOT; WOOD; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SMOKE; SOOT; WOOD; X-RAYS;

ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION; DUST; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OZONE; PHENOLS; SMOKE; SOOT; THERMOCHEMISTRY; WOOD;

EID: 67650466151     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800773h     Document Type: Article

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