The effects of molecular weight and thermal decomposition on the sensitivity of a thermal desorption aerosol mass spectrometer

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 118-125

  Murphy, D M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; DECOMPOSITION; DESORPTION; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULES; NITRATES; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SPECTROMETERS; THERMAL DESORPTION; THERMOLYSIS; VAPORIZATION;

AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; FREE MOLECULAR FLOW; IONIZATION EFFICIENCY; PARTIAL CANCELLATION; THERMALLY STABLE; THERMALLY UNSTABLE; VAPORIZATION PROCESS;

IMPACT IONIZATION;

AMMONIUM NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION AT STEADY-STATE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON BEAM; HEAT TRANSFER; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; THERMAL DESORPTION AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER;

EID: 84958172000     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2015.1136403     Document Type: Article

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