Laboratory study of H2SO4/H2O nucleation using a new technique – a laminar co-flow tube

Tereza Trávníčková; Lenka Škrabalová; Jaromir Havlica; Petr Krejčí; Jan Hrubý; Vladimír Ždímal

doi:10.1080/16000889.2018.1446643

Laboratory study of H2SO4/H2O nucleation using a new technique – a laminar co-flow tube

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 70 (2018): Issue 1

By: Tereza Trávníčková, Lenka Škrabalová, Jaromir Havlica, Petr Krejčí, Jan Hrubý and Vladimír Ždímal

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Submitted on: Jul 26, 2017

Accepted on: Feb 26, 2018

Published on: Jan 1, 2018

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Keywords:

co-flow,

nucleation,

sulphuric acid,

aerosol,

nucleation rate

© 2018 Tereza Trávníčková, Lenka Škrabalová, Jaromir Havlica, Petr Krejčí, Jan Hrubý, Vladimír Ždímal, published by Stockholm University Press
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