Electrical Mobility Methods for Submicrometer Particle Characterization

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 339-364

  Flagan, Richard C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol charge conditioning aerosols, substantial numbers of charged particles; Electrical mobility methods for submicrometer particle characterization; Point to plane electrostatic precipitator aerosol particles, onto electron microscope grids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887366813     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118001684.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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