Research:
- Nanosized (d < 30 nm) colloidal particles: Development and application of methods and equipment for nanoparticle size distributions.
- Individual submicrometer aerosol particles: Development of mass spectrometers.
- Particle formation in biomass combustion.
- Processes related to alkali metals in the conversion of biomass in energy production.
- Climate and health effects related to particle emissions from combustion.
- Early-warning real-time detection of particle-bound radioisotopes of relevance to nuclear power incidents.
- Teaching:
Assistant supervisor to graduate students Borka Kovacevik and Ann-Catrin Johnson.
Assistant supervisor to Maria Svane (PhD completed 2005).
Lecturer and instructor at several undergraduate and graduate courses, such as:
- Aerosol Science
- Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental Physics
- Basic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics
- Optical Spectroscopy.
- Methods in Environmental Science
Selected recent publications:
- Cesium as a tracer for alkali processes in a large-scale combustion facility, Maria Svane, Magnus Hagström, Kent O. Davidsson, Johan Boman and Jan B.C. Pettersson, Energy & Fuels , submitted.
- On-line alkali analysis of individual aerosol particles in urban air, Maria Svane, Sara Janhäll, Magnus Hagström, Mattias Hallquist and Jan B.C. Pettersson, Atmospheric Environment 39 (2005) 6919-6930.
- Online Measurements of Individual Alkali-containing Particles Formed in Biomass and Coal Combustion, Maria Svane, Magnus Hagström and Jan B.C. Pettersson, Energy & Fuels 19 (2005) 411-417.
- A novel particle trap impactor for use with the gas quenching probe sampling system, Khanh-Quang Tran, Magnus Hagström, John G. Korsgren, Britt-Marie Steenari, Oliver Lindqvist and Jan B. C. Pettersson, Aerosol Sci. Technol. 38 (2004) 955-962.
- High pressure desorption of K+ from iron ammonia catalyst - migration of the promoter towards Fe active planes, Andrzej Kotarba, Magnus Hagström, Klas Engvall and Jan B.C. Pettersson, Catal. Lett. 95 (2004) 93-97.
- Chemical Analysis of Individual Aerosol Particles: Design and Performance of a Surface Ionization Particle Beam Mass Spectrometer, Maria Svane, Magnus Hagström and Jan B.C. Pettersson, Aerosol Sci. Technol. 38 (2004) 655-663.
- On the application of surface ionisation detector for the study of alkali capture by kaolin in a fixed bed reactor, Khanh-Quang Tran, Kristiina Iisa, Magnus Hagström, Britt-Marie Steenari, Oliver Lindqvist and Jan B.C. Pettersson, Fuel 83 (2004) 807-8
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