Minimizing concentration effects in water-based, laminar-flow condensation particle counters

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 645-654

  Lewis, Gregory S ^a   Hering, Susanne V ^a  

^a AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION EFFECTS; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARALLEL PLATE GEOMETRY; PARTICLE ACTIVATION; WATER-BASED CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; WATER-BASED SYSTEMS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; WATER CONDENSATION;

CONDENSATION; DROPS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; LAMINAR FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION DETECTION; RADIATION COUNTERS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

WATER VAPOR; CONDENSATION;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; LAMINAR FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER VAPOR; ACCURACY; AEROSOL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW RATE; HEATING; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VAPOR; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER BASED CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTER;

BUTANOL; WATER;

EID: 84876211403     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2013.779629     Document Type: Article

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