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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2225-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2225-2015
Research article
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29 May 2015
Research article |  | 29 May 2015

Development of a photochemical source for the production and calibration of acyl peroxynitrate compounds

P. R. Veres and J. M. Roberts

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A dynamic system for the calibration of acyl peroxynitrate compounds has been developed to...
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