Observations of aminium salts in atmospheric nanoparticles and possible climatic implications

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6634-6639

  Smith, James N ^a,b,c   Barsantia, Kelley C ^a   Friedlia, Hans R ^a   Ehnd, Mikael ^d   Kulmala, Markku ^d   Collins, Donald R ^e   Scheckman, Jacob H ^f   Williams, Brent J ^f   McMurry, Peter H ^f  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Amine; Atmosphere; New particle formation; Thermal Desorption Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer

Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; AMINE; AMINIUM; AMMONIA; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATION; GROWTH FACTOR; INORGANIC ACID; ION; NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; DECOMPOSITION; DESORPTION; FINLAND; IONIZATION; LABORATORY; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WETTABILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMINES; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEXICO; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SALTS;

EID: 77951045212     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912127107     Document Type: Article

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