Positive sampling artifacts of organic carbon fractions for fine particles and nanoparticles in a tunnel environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 225-230

  Zhu, Chong Shu ^a,b   Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^a   Chen, Sheng Chieh ^a   Cao, Jun Ji ^b,c   Roam, Gwo Dong ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Organic carbon; PM 0.1; PM 2.5; Positive artifacts; Tunnel

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; FINE PARTICLES; OC/EC RATIO; ORGANIC CARBON FRACTION; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; POSITIVE ARTIFACTS; QUARTZ FILTERS; SAMPLING ARTIFACTS; SAMPLING SITE; TUNNEL ENVIRONMENTS;

NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CARBON; TUNNELS;

QUARTZ;

NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC CARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FILTER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUARTZ; TUNNEL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRACTIONATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84860622182     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.060     Document Type: Article

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