Sampling and conditioning artifacts of PM2.5 in filter-based samplers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-53

  Liu, Chun Nan ^a   Lin, Sih Fan ^a   Awasthi, Amit ^a   Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^a   Wu, Yueh Chuen ^b   Chen, Chung Fang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evaporation loss; PM2.5 artifacts; Teflon filter; TEOM FDMS

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; EVAPORATION LOSS; FIELD STUDIES; FILTRATION VELOCITY; FINE PARTICLES; TAPERED ELEMENT OSCILLATING MICROBALANCES; TEFLON FILTERS; TEOM-FDMS;

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EVAPORATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTIFACT; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EVAPORATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SAMPLER;

ABSORPTION; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVAPORATION; FIELD STUDY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; VELOCITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84890891555     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.075     Document Type: Article

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