Real-time measurements of nonmetallic fine particulate matter adjacent to a major integrated steelworks

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 639-653

  Dall'Osto, Manuel ^a,b   Drewnick, Frank ^c   Fisher, Ray ^d   Harrison, Roy M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d SWINDEN TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; BASIC OXYGEN STEEL MAKINGS; COLD MILL; ELEMENTAL CARBON; EMISSION AREA; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH RESOLUTION; LABORATORY STUDIES; MASS RATIO; ORGANIC SPECIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; REAL-TIME TECHNIQUES; SINGLE PARTICLE; TIME-OF-FLIGHT AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BLAST FURNACES; COKE OVENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STEEL; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; SULFUR; TIME MEASUREMENT;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFATE; SULFUR;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FURNACE; HIGH RESOLUTION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETER; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MASS; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; WIND;

EID: 84859705196     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2011.647120     Document Type: Article

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