Use of Nuclepore filters for ambient and workplace nanoparticle exposure assessment-Spherical particles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 385-393

  Chen, Sheng Chieh ^a   Wang, Jing ^b,c   Fissan, Heinz ^d,e   Pui, David Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Analytical Chemistry   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology (IUTA) eV   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary tube model; Nanoparticle exposure assessment; Nanoparticle size distribution; Nuclepore filter

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY TUBE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE EXPOSURES; NANOPARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEPORE; NUMBER DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE DENSITIES; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS;

DEPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER;

AIR FILTERS;

POLYSTYRENE; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FILTER; FILTRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

AIR; ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILTER; FILTRATION; GEOMETRY; NUCLEPORE FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VELOCITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84879271495     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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