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Published: Feb 25, 2014
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Key Laboratory of Beijing on Regional Air Pollution Control, Beijing Key Laboratory for Green Catalysis and Separation, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan

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Hong He, Yuesi Wang, Qingxin Ma, et al. (2014). Mineral dust and NOx promote the conversion of SO2 to sulfate in heavy pollution days. Scientific Reports, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04172

Mineral dust and NOx promote the conversion of SO2 to sulfate in heavy pollution days

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