Effects of gaseous sulphuric acid on diesel exhaust nanoparticle formation and characteristics

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 11882-11889

  Rönkkö, Topi ^a   Lähde, Tero ^a   Heikkilä, Juha ^a   Pirjola, Liisa ^b   Bauschke, Ulrike ^c   Arnold, Frank ^c   Schlager, Hans ^d   Rothe, Dieter ^e   Yli Ojanperä, Jaakko ^a   Keskinen, Jorma ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI METROPOLIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING CONDITIONS; EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT; FORMATION PROCESS; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL ENGINE; NANOPARTICLE FORMATION; NUCLEATION MODE PARTICLES; NUCLEATION PARTICLES; PARTICLE POPULATION;

DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINES; FUELS; SULFURIC ACID;

NUCLEATION;

DIESEL FUEL; LUBRICATING AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; NITRIC OXIDE; OIL; SULFURIC ACID;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST EMISSION; FRACTIONATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFURIC ACID; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DIESEL ENGINE; DRIVING ABILITY; EXHAUST GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE;

AUTOMOBILES; GASES; NANOPARTICLES; NITRATES; NITRITES; PARTICLE SIZE; SULFURIC ACIDS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84886922127     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402354y     Document Type: Article

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