Mass absorption efficiency of elemental carbon for source samples from residential biomass and coal combustions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 79, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-84

  Shen, Guofeng ^a,b,c   Chen, Yuanchen ^a   Wei, Siye ^a   Fu, Xiaofang ^a   Zhu, Ying ^a   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mass absorption efficiency; Organic carbon; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; Residential combustion source; Solid fuel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; MASS ABSORPTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL COMBUSTION; SOLID FUELS; THERMAL-OPTICAL CARBON ANALYZER;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; EFFICIENCY; HOUSING; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WOOD FUELS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

CARBON; COAL; ELEMENT; FUEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ABSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON; COAL; COMBUSTION; DOMESTIC WORK; OPTICAL PROPERTY; ORGANIC CARBON; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SOURCE; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; CROP; FIELD EMISSION; MASS ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; STRAW; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WOOD;

EID: 84880351227     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.05.082     Document Type: Article

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