Surfactant-free latex spheres for size calibration of mobility particle sizers in atmospheric aerosol applications

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 56-59

  Kidd, Carla ^a   Perraud, Véronique ^a   Finlayson Pitts, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Calibration; Particles; SMPS

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC APPLICATIONS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; LATEX SPHERES; PARTICLE NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; POLYSTYRENE LATEX SPHERES; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SMPS; SURFACTANT-FREE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CALIBRATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SPHERES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

LATEXES;

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ION EXCHANGE RESIN; LATEX; POLYSTYRENE; SURFACTANT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CALIBRATION; COAGULATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MOBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMER; RUBBER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPHERE; SURFACTANT;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENSION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84886619784     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.09.056     Document Type: Article

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