Development of a two-stage virtual impactor system for high concentration enrichment of ultrafine, pm2.5, and coarse particulate matter

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-238

  Wang, Dongbin ^a   Kam, Winnie ^a   Cheung, Kalam ^a   Pakbin, Payam ^a   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENRICHMENT SYSTEM; FIELD TEST; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGHLY CONCENTRATED PARTICLES; IDEAL VALUES; INTAKE FLOW; INTERMEDIATE FLOW; LABORATORY EVALUATION; MASS CONCENTRATION; MONODISPERSE POLYSTYRENE; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE SAMPLING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM COMPONENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; POLYDISPERSE PARTICLES; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; ULTRAFINE; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; VERSATILE AEROSOL CONCENTRATION ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL IMPACTORS;

FLOW RATE; POLYSTYRENES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

LATEX; POLYSTYRENE;

AMBIENT AIR; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; VERSATILE AEROSOL CONCENTRATOR ENRICHMENT SYSTEM;

EID: 84872344858     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2012.744446     Document Type: Article

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