PH of Aerosols in a Polluted Atmosphere: Source Contributions to Highly Acidic Aerosol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 4289-4296

  Shi, Guoliang ^a,c   Xu, Jiao ^a   Peng, Xing ^a   Xiao, Zhimei ^b   Chen, Kui ^b   Tian, Yingze ^a   Guan, Xinbei ^c   Feng, Yinchang ^a   Yu, Haofei ^c   Nenes, Athanasios ^d   Russell, Armistead G ^c  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DUST; CRASHWORTHINESS; DUST; IONS; NITRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACIDIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY NITRATES; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; VEHICLE EXHAUSTS; WATERSOLUBLE;

AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; INDICATOR; NITRATE; SULFATE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ACIDITY; AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL COMBUSTION; DUST; EXHAUST EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SULFATE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DUST; MINERAL DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; THERMODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTANT; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85019987355     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b05736     Document Type: Article

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