Characterizing the effective density and primary particle diameter of airborne nanoparticles produced by spark discharge using mobility and mass measurements (tandem DMA/APM)

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Charvet, Augustin ^a,b   Bau, Sébastien ^c   Paez Coy, Natalia Estefania ^a,b   Bémer, Denis ^c   Thomas, Dominique ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Agglomerates; Airborne nanoparticles; Effective density; Health effects; Particle size measurement; Primary particle diameter; Spark discharge

Indexed keywords

AIR; ELECTRIC SPARKS; NANOPARTICLES; SILVER;

AGGLOMERATES; AIRBORNE NANOPARTICLES; EFFECTIVE DENSITY; HEALTH EFFECTS; PARTICLE SIZE MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SPARK DISCHARGE;

PARTICLE SIZE;

COPPER; COPPER NICKEL ALLOY; GRAPHITE; IRON; METAL DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL PARTICLE MASS ANALYZER; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; ELECTRICAL LOW PRESSURE IMPACTOR; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPARK DISCHARGE; TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZER;

EID: 84901326216     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2418-y     Document Type: Article

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