Aerosol Particle Size Analysis

by Griffiths, W. D.; Mark, D.; Marshall, I. A.; Nichols, A. L.

• ISBN13: 9780854044528
• ISBN10: 0854044523
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Summary

Provides a starting document to aid non- specialists in their understanding, valid operation & calibration of aerosol particle size analysers, so that the various types of equipment are used correctly & traceable quantitative data can be obtained with confidence.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(3)
Importance of Calibration	2	(1)
Terminology	2	(1)
Scope	2	(2)
Measurement Techniques	4	(8)
Particle Size Parameters	4	(7)
Geometric Diameters	5	(1)
Equivalent Diameters Based on Behavioural Properties	6	(5)
Relevance of Particle Size Parameter	11	(1)
Geometric Diameters	11	(1)
Equivalent Diameters	11	(1)
General Considerations	12	(6)
Selection of Equipment/Reference Materials	12	(1)
Uncertainty of Measurement	13	(1)
Traceability and Documentation	14	(1)
Calibration Intervals	15	(1)
Records	16	(2)
Ancillary Considerations	18	(31)
Aerosol Generation	20	(22)
Monodisperse Aerosols	22	(16)
Polydisperse Aerosols	38	(4)
Flow Calibration	42	(7)
Flow Rate Metering Instruments	44	(4)
Calibrating Flow and Volume Meters	48	(1)
Aerosol Particle Size Analysers-Calibration Procedures	49	(47)
Inertial Techniques	49	(20)
Impactors, Impingers and Cyclones	49	(13)
Inertial Spectrometers	62	(2)
Real-Time Aerodynamic Particle Sizers	64	(5)
Sedimentation/Elutriation Techniques	69	(3)
Sedimentation Cells	69	(2)
Elutriators	71	(1)
Optical Particle Techniques	72	(14)
Optical Particle Counters	75	(5)
Laser Diffraction Instruments	80	(2)
Laser-Doppler Analysers	82	(1)
Laser Intensity Deconvolution Analysers	83	(1)
Laser-Particle Interaction/Image Analyser	84	(2)
Electrostatic Classifiers	86	(3)
Electrical Sensing-Zone Instruments	89	(2)
Operational Principles	90	(1)
Calibration of the Threshold Scale	91	(1)
Optical and Electron Microscopy	91	(2)
Diffusion Batteries and Denuders	93	(1)
Condensation Particle Counters (CPCs)	94	(2)
Concluding Remarks	96	(2)
Appendix A: Cocktail Reference Materials for Aerosol Analysis	98	(2)
Appendix B: Particle Shape Standards for Aerosol Analysis	100	(3)
References	103	(10)
Subject Index	113