Experimental approach to correcting counting errors in the aerodynamic particle sizer (APS Model 3310)

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 257-265

  Sreenath, Avula ^a   Ramachandran, Gurumurthy ^b   Vincent, James H ^c  

^a TSI INCORPORATED   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ERROR CORRECTION; JETS; LASER BEAMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RECORDING INSTRUMENTS;

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER (APS); PARTICLE PROCESSORS (PP); TRANSIT TIME;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 0033326385     PISSN: 09340866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4117(199912)16:6<257::AID-PPSC257>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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