Particle sampling by TEM grid filtration

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 767-775

  R'Mili, B ^a,b   Le Bihan, Olivier L C ^a   Dutouquet, C ^a   Aguerre Charriol, O ^a   Frejafon, E ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE COLLECTION; PARTICLE SAMPLING; REGULAR STRUCTURE; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

AEROSOLS; EFFICIENCY; POROUS MATERIALS; SAMPLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; FLOW RATE; MEMBRANE FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84879194576     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2013.789478     Document Type: Article

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