Articles | Volume 14, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9695-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9695-2014
Research article
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16 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2014

Aqueous-phase photooxidation of levoglucosan – a mechanistic study using aerosol time-of-flight chemical ionization mass spectrometry (Aerosol ToF-CIMS)

R. Zhao, E. L. Mungall, A. K. Y. Lee, D. Aljawhary, and J. P. D. Abbatt

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