Aqueous-phase photooxidation of levoglucosan – A mechanistic study using aerosol time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometry (Aerosol ToF-CIMS)

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 9695-9705

  Zhao, R ^a   Mungall, E L ^a   Lee, A K Y ^a   Aljawhary, D ^a   Abbatt, J P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOOXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; TRACER;

EID: 84906348282     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-9695-2014     Document Type: Article

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