Freeze-dried dispersions for automated SEM analysis of individual submicron airborne particulates
- 1 August 1992
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America
- Vol. 50 (1) , 408-409
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0424820100122447
Abstract
Individual-particle analysis is well established as an alternative to bulk analysis of airborne particulates. It yields size and chemical data on a particle-by-particle basis, information that is critical in predicting the behavior of air pollutants. Individual-particle analysis is especially important for particles with diameter < 1 μm, because particles in this size range have a disproportionately large effect on atmospheric visibility and health.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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