The effect of H2SO4 - Amine clustering on chemical ionization mass spectrometry (CIMS) measurements of gas-phase sulfuric acid

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3007-3019

  Kurtn T ^a,b   Petaj T ^a   Smith, J ^c,d   Ortega, I K ^a   Sipila M ^a   Junninen, H ^a   Ehn, M ^a   Vehkamaki H ^a   Mauldin, L ^d   Worsnop, D R ^a,c,e   Kulmala, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS PHASE REACTION; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATE; SULFURIC ACID;

EID: 79953285775     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-3007-2011     Document Type: Article

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