Size mass distribution of water-soluble ionic species and gas conversion to sulfate and nitrate in particulate matter in southern Taiwan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4587-4602

  Tsai, Jiun Horng ^a   Chang, Li Peng ^a   Chiang, Hung Lung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conversion factor; Ionic species; Particulate matter; Size segregated distribution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WATER;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; IONIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; TAIWAN;

AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SULFATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAIWAN; WATER;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84879689058     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1371-5     Document Type: Article

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