A study of acidity on PM2.5 in Hong Kong using online ionic chemical composition measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 7081-7088

  Xue, Jian ^a   Lau, Alexis K H ^a   Yu, Jian Zhen ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acid catalyzed reactions; Ionic chemical composition; Particle acidity; PILS IC

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CATALYSIS; LIQUIDS; PH; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACID-CATALYZED REACTIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION DATA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION EQUATION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRINCIPAL FACTOR ANALYSIS; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS;

ACIDITY;

ION;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN; ION; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINEARITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESOLUTION; SULFATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER CONTENT;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HONG KONG; HUMIDITY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPERATURE; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80755133383     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.040     Document Type: Article

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