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Real-time detection method and system for identifying individual aerosol particles

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OSTI ID:913342
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  1. San Francisco, CA
  2. Patterson, CA
  3. Oakland, CA
  4. Kensington, CA
  5. Alamo, CA
  6. Livermore, CA
  7. Berkeley, CA
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An improved method and system of identifying individual aerosol particles in real time. Sample aerosol particles are collimated, tracked, and screened to determine which ones qualify for mass spectrometric analysis based on predetermined qualification or selection criteria. Screening techniques include one or more of determining particle size, shape, symmetry, and fluorescence. Only qualifying particles passing all screening criteria are subject to desorption/ionization and single particle mass spectrometry to produce corresponding test spectra, which is used to determine the identities of each of the qualifying aerosol particles by comparing the test spectra against predetermined spectra for known particle types. In this manner, activation cycling of a particle ablation laser of a single particle mass spectrometer is reduced.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
Sponsoring Organization:
United States Department of Energy
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,260,483
Application Number:
10/916,737
OSTI ID:
913342
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

Real-Time Analysis of Individual Atmospheric Aerosol Particles:  Design and Performance of a Portable ATOFMS journal October 1997
Online Analysis of Atmospheric Particles with a Transportable Laser Mass Spectrometer journal July 2000

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