Convenient, Rapid and Accurate Measurement of SVOC Emission Characteristics in Experimental Chambers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Cong ^a   Liu, Zhe ^b   Little, John C ^b   Zhang, Yinping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEMI VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHAMBER TEST; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMENSIONLESS MASS TRANSFER ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHYSICAL PHASE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEMI VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSION; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84883188419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072445     Document Type: Article

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