Can BSNE (Big Spring Number Eight) samplers be used to measure PM10, respirable dust, PM2.5 and PM1.0?

Aeolian Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-49

  Goossens, Dirk ^a,b   Buck, Brenda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BSNE sampler; Dust; DustTrak; PM10; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; GRAVIMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84861314043     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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