Charging efficiency of the electrical low pressure impactor's corona charger: Influence of the fractal morphology of nanoparticle aggregates and uncertainty analysis of experimental results

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 685-698

  Ouf, François Xavier ^a,b   Sillon, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b Aerosol Physics and Metrology Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGING EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL LOW-PRESSURE IMPACTOR; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY; EQUIVALENT CHARGES; FRACTAL MORPHOLOGY; FRACTAL PARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE AGGREGATE; POWER-LAW FUNCTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FRACTALS; MORPHOLOGY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67651183855     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820902878245     Document Type: Article

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