Comparison of filtration system and a honeycomb denuder-based system for sampling PM2.5 in Tianjin, China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1338-1346

  Zhang, Shijian ^a,b   Ji, Yaqin ^a,b   Zhu, Zhenyu ^a,b   Li, Yangyang ^a,b   Yang, Wen ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Environ Protect Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient Air Particulate Matter Pollution and Control   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Acidic Alkalic gases; Coating solution; Filtration system; Honeycomb denuder system

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; IONS; SODIUM CARBONATE; URBAN GROWTH; WATER FILTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; COATING SOLUTION; CONVENTIONAL FILTRATION; FILTRATION SYSTEMS; HONEYCOMB DENUDER SYSTEMS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION;

SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FILTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN SITE;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84938297775     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2014.12.0322     Document Type: Article

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