Simultaneous measurements of formaldehyde and nitrous acid in dews and gas phase in the atmosphere of Santiago, Chile

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 6106-6109

  Rubio, María A ^a   Lissi, Eduardo ^a   Villena, Guillermo ^a   Elshorbany, Y F ^b   Kleffmann, Jörg ^b   Kurtenbach, Ralf ^b   Wiesen, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dews; Formaldehyde; Henry's constant; Nitrous acid; Santiago de Chile

Indexed keywords

DEW FORMATION; DIFFUSION LIMITATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE CONCENTRATIONS; GAS TO LIQUIDS; GAS-PHASE CONCENTRATION; GASEOUS PHASE; GASPHASE; HENRY'S CONSTANTS; LIQUID PHASE; NITROUS ACID; SANTIAGO , CHILE; SANTIAGO DE CHILE; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

FORMALDEHYDE; INORGANIC ACIDS; LIQUIDS;

GASES;

FORMALDEHYDE; NITRITE; NITROUS ACID; WATER;

DEW; FORMALDEHYDE; INORGANIC ACID; NITRITE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEW; DIFFUSION; GAS; LIQUID; PH; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SANTIAGO [METROPOLITANA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71049169303     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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