Evaluation of the API Aerosizer Mach 2 particle sizer

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10147762

Barr, E B; Cheng, Y S

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: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76EV01013
• OSTI ID: 10147762
• Report Number(s): CONF-9107224-1; ON: DE92013453
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. symposium on particles in gases and liquids: detection characterization and control,San Jose, CA (United States),29 Jul - 2 Aug 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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