Calibration of a white-light/90° optical particle counter for "aerodynamic" size measurements experiments and calculations for spherical particles and quartz dust

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1271-1279

  Friehmelt, R ^a   Heidenreich, S ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; CALIBRATION; DUST; ERRORS; GLYCEROL; LATEXES; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL DEVICES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); QUARTZ; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER; OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTER; POLYSTYRENE LATEX; QUARTZ DUST;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

GLYCEROL; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CALIBRATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; PARTICLE COUNTING; QUARTZ; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CALIBRATION; DYNAMICS; INSTRUMENT; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033486435     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(99)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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