Technical note: Concerns on the use of ozone scrubbers for gaseous carbonyl measurement by DNPH-coated silica gel cartridge

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1151-1160

  Ho, Steven Sai Hang ^a,b,c   Ip, Ho Sai Simon ^c   Ho, Kin Fai ^a,d   Dai, Wen Ting ^a   Cao, Junji ^a   Ting Ng, Louisa Pan ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Hong Kong Premium Services and Research Laboratory   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbonyls; DNPH; Ozone; Potassium iodide; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

2 ,4-DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; CARBONYLS; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DERIVATIZATIONS; DNPH; OZONE SCRUBBERS; STRONG OXIDANTS; TECHNICAL NOTES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BYPRODUCTS; OXIDANTS; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PROJECTILES; SCRUBBERS; SILICA GEL;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; CARBONYL COMPOUND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FILTER; OZONE; REACTION KINETICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

EID: 84880588253     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.11.0313     Document Type: Article

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