Single particle chemical analysis of ambient ultrafine aerosol: A review

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-120

  Bzdek, Bryan R ^a   Pennington, M Ross ^a   Johnston, Murray V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Mass spectrometry; Nanoparticle; Single particle analysis; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrafine aerosol

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMBIENT AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; LOCATION DEPENDENTS; SINGLE PARTICLE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE-PARTICLE ANALYSIS; ULTRA-FINE AEROSOLS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; MOLYBDENUM; NANOPARTICLE; TUNGSTEN;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSFORMATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84864294080     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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