Equilibration time scales of organic aerosol inside thermodenuders: Evaporation kinetics versus thermodynamics

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 597-607

  Riipinen, Ilona ^a,b   Pierce, Jeffrey R ^c   Donahue, Neil M ^a   Pandis, Spyros N ^a,d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Organic aerosol; Thermodenuder; Vaporization enthalpy; Volatility

Indexed keywords

ADIPIC ACIDS; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; COMPONENT PROPERTIES; EQUILIBRATION TIME; EQUILIBRIUM TIME; EVAPORATION KINETICS; EVAPORATION RATE; FIELD CONDITIONS; KINETIC EFFECT; MASS ACCOMMODATION COEFFICIENT; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MULTICOMPONENTS; ORGANIC AEROSOL; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; RESIDENCE TIME; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; TIME-DEPENDENT; VAPORIZATION ENTHALPIES;

ENTHALPY; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; VAPORS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ADIPIC ACID; PINENE;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ENTHALPY; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; MASS TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPORIZATION;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENTHALPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EVAPORATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT TRANSFER; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMODENUDER; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORIZATION; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 74849089236     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.11.022     Document Type: Article

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