Size Distribution Characteristics of Aerosols

Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 41-54

  John, Walter ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor aerosol, residences and offices distinguished, from that in industrial workplaces; Size distribution characteristics of aerosols size, a fundamental parameter; Sulfate particle size distribution, measured in ambient air with a Berner cascade impactor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862280706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118001684.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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