Nitrogen stable isotope composition (δ15N) of vehicle-emitted NOx

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2278-2285

  Walters, Wendell W ^a   Goodwin, Stanford R ^a   Michalski, Greg ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; VEHICLES;

CATALYTIC REDUCTION; COLLECTION METHODS; KINETIC ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; REGIONAL VARIATION; TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN; NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; GASOLINE; NITROGEN OXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENGINE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; POLLUTION MONITORING; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; GOVERNMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CAR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASOLINE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGEN OXIDES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84923098509     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505580v     Document Type: Article

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