Buoyancy-corrected gravimetric analysis of lightly loaded filters

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1065-1077

  Rasmussen, Pat E ^a,b   Gardner, H David ^a,b   Niu, Jianjun ^a,b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER ABSORPTION; WEIGHING;

CONTROL SETTINGS; FILTER SAMPLE; LOADED FILTER; MASS LOADINGS; MICRO-ORIFICE UNIFORM DEPOSIT IMPACTOR; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; STEPWISE INCREASE;

GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTER; GRAVIMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HUMIDITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77957914850     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.60.9.1065     Document Type: Article

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