Articles | Volume 13, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10215-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-10215-2013
Research article
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17 Oct 2013
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2013

Identification and quantification of particle growth channels during new particle formation

M. R. Pennington, B. R. Bzdek, J. W. DePalma, J. N. Smith, A.-M. Kortelainen, L. Hildebrandt Ruiz, T. Petäjä, M. Kulmala, D. R. Worsnop, and M. V. Johnston

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