Thermal/optical methods for elemental carbon quantification in soils and urban dusts: Equivalence of different analysis protocols

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Han, Yongming ^a,e   Chen, Antony ^a,b   Cao, Junji ^a   Fung, Kochy ^c   Ho, Fai ^a,d   Yan, Beizhan ^e   Zhan, Changlin ^a   Liu, Suixin ^a   Wei, Chong ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c AtmAA Inc   (United States)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; HEAT TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLARIMETRY; PYROLYSIS; SOIL; SURFACE SOIL; THERMAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CARBON; CHINA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SOIL; SOOT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84892935771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083462     Document Type: Article

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