Filter efficiency measurements with optical particle counters - limitations and error sources

Separation Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1225-1240

  Szymanski, W W ^a   Cheng, Y H ^b   Tsai, C J ^b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FILTER; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTERS;

FILTRATION;

EID: 0032081354     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496399808544980     Document Type: Article

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