Variations of fine particle physiochemical properties during a heavy haze episode in the winter of Beijing

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 571, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-109

  Niu, Hongya ^a,b   Hu, Wei ^a,c   Zhang, Daizhou ^c   Wu, Zhijun ^a   Guo, Song ^a   Pian, Wei ^b   Cheng, Wenjing ^b   Hu, Min ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^c PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Core shell structure; Morphology; Secondary particles; Size; Soot particles

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; DUST; MORPHOLOGY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOOT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; GROWTH OF PARTICLES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SIZE; SOOT PARTICLES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOOT; WINTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BEIJING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84979073979     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.147     Document Type: Article

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