Evaluation of the API Aerosizer Mach 2 particle sizer
An API Aerosizer{trademark} Mach 2 was evaluated for measuring size distributions of aerosols. The aerosols tested included monodisperse polystyrene latex particles ranging in size from 0.78 {mu}m to 7.17 {mu}m, glass beads from 1.14 {mu}m to 87.0 {mu}m, polydisperse aerosols with densities between 1.63 g/cc and 5.69 g/cc, and bimodal aerosols of carbon black and diesel exhaust. Electron and optical microscopy were used to provide the true sizes of the polystyrene particles and glass beads. A Lovelace multi-jet impactor provided comparative size data for the polydisperse aerosols, and a Lovelace multi-jet impactor/parallel flow diffusion battery sampling train was used to size the bimodal aerosols.
- Research Organization:
- Lovelace Biomedical and Environmental Research Inst., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Inhalation Toxicology Research Inst.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76EV01013
- OSTI ID:
- 5221482
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9107224-1; ON: DE92013453
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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