Electrical mobility spectrometer using a diethylene glycol condensation particle counter for measurement of aerosol size distributions down to 1 nm

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 510-521

  Jiang, Jingkun ^a,d   Chen, Modi ^a   Kuang, Chongai ^a,b   Attoui, Michel ^c   McMurry, Peter H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CHARGING; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; AIR IONS; AMMONIUM IONS; ATLANTA; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; BIPOLAR CHARGING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; CONDENSER TEMPERATURE; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; EFFICIENT DETECTION; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; GEORGIA; HIGH RESOLUTION; ION-INDUCED NUCLEATION; NANO-DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; NANO-DMA; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; POSITIVELY CHARGED; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; SILVER PARTICLES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS; SIZE RANGES; SMALL DROPLETS; TEST PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE; UNIPOLAR CHARGING; WORKING FLUID;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; GLYCOLS; IONS; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; RADIATION COUNTERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

SILVER;

AMMONIA; BUTANOL; DIETHYLENE GLYCOL; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SPECTROMETER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; TEMPERATURE;

TETRA;

EID: 78751626997     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2010.547538     Document Type: Article

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