Transmission efficiency of an aerodynamic focusing lens system: Comparison of model calculations and laboratory measurements for the aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 721-733

  Liu, Peter S K ^a,b   Deng, Rensheng ^c   Smith, Kenneth A ^c   Williams, Leah R ^d   Jayne, John T ^d   Canagaratna, Manjula R ^d   Moore, Kori ^d,e   Onasch, Timothy B ^d   Worsnop, Douglas R ^d   Deshler, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d AERODYNE RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^e Space Dynamics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC LENS; AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; VALVE ASSEMBLY;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOLS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FOCUSING; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MODEL CHECKING;

LENSES;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; DIETHYLHEXYL SEBACIC ACID; SEBACIC ACID; SODIUM NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERODYNE AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETER; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LABORATORY; LENS POWER; MASS SPECTROMETER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACUUM;

EID: 34347396968     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820701422278     Document Type: Article

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