Unipolar charging based, hand-held mobility spectrometer for aerosol size distribution measurement

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-47

  Qi, Chaolong ^a   Kulkarni, Pramod ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol mobility spectrometer; Nanoparticle exposure; Nanoparticle size distribution; Portable aerosol instrumentation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION COUNTERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS; AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; MONO-DISPERSE PARTICLES; NANOPARTICLE EXPOSURES; NANOPARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POLYDISPERSE AEROSOLS; PORTABLE AEROSOL INSTRUMENTATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

NANOPARTICLE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONDENSATION; MOBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAND HELD PARTICLE SIZE SPECTROMETER; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; UNCERTAINTY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84859615859     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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