Development of a preparation system for the radiocarbon analysis of organic carbon in carbonaceous aerosols in China

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2831-2834

  Zhang, Y L ^a   Liu, D ^a   Shen, C D ^a   Ding, P ^a   Zhang, G ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

AMS; Carbonaceous aerosols; Elemental carbon; Organic carbon; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; COMPACT AMS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HEAVY ION PHYSICS; HUMAN HEALTH; ISOTOPIC TRACER; MEASURED RESULTS; OPTIMIZED SYSTEM; PEKING UNIVERSITY; PURE OXYGEN; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; ZINC REDUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; ZINC;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 77955514304     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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