Electrical Classification and Condensation Detection of Sub-3-nm Aerosols

Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 697-721

  Fernandez de la Mora, Juan ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrical classification, detection of sub 3 nm aerosols differential mobility analyzers (DMAs); Nano condensation nucleus counters (CNCs) detecting particles with minimal diameters; Single particle condensation detectors (CNCs) sensitive, charged and uncharged nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887334484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118001684.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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