Differential mobility analysis of aerosols: A tutorial

KONA Powder and Particle Journal

Volumn 26, Issue March, 2008, Pages 254-268

  Flagan, Richard C ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Differential mobility analyzer; Instrumentation; Mobility; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CARRIER MOBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

DATA PRESENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MOBILITY ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; SUBMICRON AEROSOL;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859977738     PISSN: 02884534     EISSN: 21875537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14356/kona.2008023     Document Type: Article

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