A study of gas/particle partitioning of SVOCs in the tropical atmosphere of Southeast Asia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 29, 2009, Pages 4375-4383

  He, Jun ^a   Balasubramanian, Rajasekhar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Gas particle partitioning; Octanol air partition coefficient; Semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs); Subcooled vapor pressure

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MODEL; ADSORPTION MODEL; ELEMENTAL CARBON; GAS/PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION; GAS/PARTICLE PARTITIONING; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONPOLAR COMPOUNDS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCTANOL-AIR; OCTANOL-AIR PARTITION COEFFICIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER FRACTION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLYURETHANE FOAM; QUARTZ FILTERS; SEMIVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (SVOCS); SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUBCOOLED LIQUID; SUBCOOLED VAPOR PRESSURE; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

ADSORPTION; AEROSOLS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GAS ABSORPTION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; QUARTZ; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

AIR FILTERS;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CARBON; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; OCTANOL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYURETHAN; PYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORGANIC MATTER; PAH; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PCB; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VAPOR PRESSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOOT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VAPOR PRESSURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67849133022     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.03.055     Document Type: Article

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