Effect of chemical structure on secondary organic aerosol formation from C12 alkanes

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 11121-11140

  Yee, L D ^a,f   Craven, J S ^b   Loza, C L ^b   Schilling, K A ^b   Ng, N L ^c   Canagaratna, M R ^d   Ziemann, P J ^e   Flagan, R C ^a,b   Seinfeld, J H ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ALKANE; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXIDATION;

EID: 84887870978     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-11121-2013     Document Type: Article

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