Black carbon measurements of flame-generated soot as determined by optical, thermal-optical, direct absorption, and laser incandescence methods

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 209-215

  Yelverton, Tiffany L B ^a   Hays, Michael D ^a   Gullett, Brian K ^a   Linak, William P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

black carbon; instrumentation; measurement techniques

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ETHYLENE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SOOT;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BLACK CARBON; INCOMPLETE COMBUSTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS; THERMAL-OPTICAL CARBON ANALYZER; THREE-WAVELENGTHS;

DUST;

BLACK CARBON; CARBON; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ETHYLENE; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; FLAME; GRAVIMETRY; INCANDESCENCE; LASER; OPTICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOMETRY; SOOT; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899434493     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2014.0038     Document Type: Article

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