Quantitative assessment of the sulfuric acid contribution to new particle growth

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4365-4373

  Bzdek, Bryan R ^a   Zordan, Christopher A ^a   Pennington, M Ross ^a   Luther, George W ^b   Johnston, Murray V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; CALCULATED VALUES; COASTAL LOCATIONS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ELEMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GASPHASE; INORGANIC SPECIES; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; ORGANIC SPECIES; ORGANICS; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE MASS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; SIZE-SELECTED NANOPARTICLES; SULFATE CONTRIBUTIONS; TOTAL MASS; URBAN SITE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; SUN;

ECOLOGY;

AMMONIA; NANOPARTICLE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SULFATE; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL FORMATION; ALGORITHM; COASTAL ZONE; NITRATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; MASS SPECTROMETER; NANO AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; NANOCHEMISTRY; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DELAWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFURIC ACIDS;

EID: 84859860267     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204556c     Document Type: Article

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