A handheld electrostatic precipitator for sampling airborne particles and nanoparticles

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 417-427

  Miller, Arthur ^a   Frey, Garrett ^a   King, Grant ^a   Sunderman, Carl ^a  

^a NIOSH Spokane Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BETA TESTING; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; EM ANALYSIS; HANDHELDS; IS PLANNING; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; OPERATING VOLTAGE; SIZE RANGES; ULTRA-FINE AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; MANUFACTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ION;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATION; FLOW RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY TEST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 77951478444     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786821003692063     Document Type: Article

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