Gas-particle partitioning of alcohol vapors on organic aerosols

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 257-262

  Chan, Lap P ^a   Lee, Alex K Y ^a,b   Chan, Chak K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE RULE; ALCOHOL VAPORS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BALANCE; GAS-PARTICLE PARTITIONING; HYGROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MIXED PARTICLES; MOLECULAR GROUPS; N-BUTANOL; N-DECANOL; N-OCTANOL; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC VAPORS; SINGLE PARTICLE; VAPOR CONCENTRATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; METHANOL; OLEIC ACID;

VAPORS;

BUTANOL; DECANOL; METHANOL; OCTANOL; OLEIC ACID;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALCOHOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODYNAMICS; HYGROSCOPICITY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER CONTENT; WETTABILITY;

AEROSOLS; ALCOHOLS; GASES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 75349092726     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9018018     Document Type: Article

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