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. 2017 Mar 14;4:170003. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.3

Table 5. One-hour detection limits for various aerosol mass spectrometers types.

Species Q-ACSM57 ToF-ACSM58 HR-ToF-AMS54
Units are in ng m−3 and detection limits have been recalculated to the hour, based on equation 4 in ref. 58.      
ammonium 201 23 5
organics 105 26 3
sulfate 17 2 1
nitrate 9 3 <1
chloride 8 1 2