Determination of elemental carbon in lake sediments using a thermal-optical transmittance (TOT) method

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2009, Pages 5989-5995

  Khan, A J ^a   Swami, Kamal ^a,b   Ahmed, Tanveer ^b   Bari, A ^a   Shareef, Akhtar ^a,c   Husain, Liaquat ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PCSIR LABORATORIES COMPLEX   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Chemical oxidation method; Global warming; Lake sediment, elemental carbon; Thermal optical (TOT) method

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CHEMICAL OXIDATION METHOD; ELEMENTAL CARBON; LAKE SEDIMENTS;

ACETYLENE; CARBONATES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GLASS FIBERS; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; LAKES; LIGHTING; OPACITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDATION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; QUARTZ; RELUCTANCE MOTORS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ZINC;

CARBON BLACK;

ACETYLENE; BLACK CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHARCOAL; HUMIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; KEROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; ZINC CHLORIDE;

BLACK CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECISION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT CORE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHESTNUT; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LAKE; LAKE SEDIMENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOOT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71549127713     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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