TY - JOUR
T1 - Rapid Check of Cascade Impactor Cut-Sizes using a Polydisperse Challenge Aerosol Calibration Method
AU - Marple, Virgil A.
AU - Olson, Bernard A
AU - Santhanakrishnan, Kumaragovindhan
PY - 2006/12/1
Y1 - 2006/12/1
N2 - A method has been developed to check the 50% cut-size values of cascade impactor stages. The method involves generating a broad-size, log-normally distributed aerosol that covers the range of 50% cut-sizes for the impactor being tested. The amount of deposit on each impaction plate is analyzed and a histogram of the resulting aerosol size distribution plotted, using the amount of aerosol collected on each impaction plate and the published values for the cut-sizes of the impactor in question. If the particle size distribution indicated by the histogram does not result in a log-normal distribution, one or more of the assumed cut-sizes of the impactor are in error. The incorrect cut-sizes of the impactor can then be adjusted until the curve is log-normal, and these adjusted cut-sizes are the correct values for the impactor stages.
AB - A method has been developed to check the 50% cut-size values of cascade impactor stages. The method involves generating a broad-size, log-normally distributed aerosol that covers the range of 50% cut-sizes for the impactor being tested. The amount of deposit on each impaction plate is analyzed and a histogram of the resulting aerosol size distribution plotted, using the amount of aerosol collected on each impaction plate and the published values for the cut-sizes of the impactor in question. If the particle size distribution indicated by the histogram does not result in a log-normal distribution, one or more of the assumed cut-sizes of the impactor are in error. The incorrect cut-sizes of the impactor can then be adjusted until the curve is log-normal, and these adjusted cut-sizes are the correct values for the impactor stages.
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U2 - 10.1080/02786820600952870
DO - 10.1080/02786820600952870
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012524875
SN - 0278-6826
VL - 40
SP - 1064
EP - 1070
JO - Aerosol Science and Technology
JF - Aerosol Science and Technology
IS - 12
ER -