The effect of carrier gas contaminants on the charging probability of aerosols under bipolar charging conditions

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-31

  Steiner, Gerhard ^a,b   Reischl, Georg P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aerosol charging; DMA; Ion mobility measurements; Ion properties

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; GASES; IMPURITIES; IONS; PROBABILITY; TUBING;

AEROSOL CHARGING; BI-POLAR CHARGING; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; ION-MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; ION-PROPERTIES; IONIC MOLECULAR CLUSTERS; PRECISE DETERMINATIONS;

ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS;

AMERICIUM 241;

AEROSOL; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EXCHANGE; ION; MOBILITY; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPORATION; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; THEORY;

EID: 84865468942     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: 18791964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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