Evaluation of aerodynamic particle sizer and electrical low-pressure impactor for unimodal and bimodal mass-weighted size distributions

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 871-887

  Pagels, Joakim ^a   Gudmundsson, A ^a   Gustavsson, E ^a,b   Asking, L ^c,d   Bohgard, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Lab Pharma Ltd   (Finland)

^d ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROMETERS; SPECTROMETERS;

AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER (APS); BIMODAL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL LOW-PRESSURE IMPACTOR (ELPI); IMPACTOR KERNEL FUNCTIONS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER; AEROSOL; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICE; ELECTRICAL LOW PRESSURE IMPACTOR; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAVIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETER; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 27744548052     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820500295677     Document Type: Article

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