Articles | Volume 3, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1473-2010
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-3-1473-2010
20 Oct 2010
 | 20 Oct 2010

Quantitative sampling and analysis of trace elements in atmospheric aerosols: impactor characterization and Synchrotron-XRF mass calibration

A. Richard, N. Bukowiecki, P. Lienemann, M. Furger, M. Fierz, M. C. Minguillón, B. Weideli, R. Figi, U. Flechsig, K. Appel, A. S. H. Prévôt, and U. Baltensperger

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