Experimental and theoretical investigations of the effect of the calibration aerosol material on the counting efficiencies of tsi 3790 condensation particle counters

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-21

  Mamakos, Athanasios ^a   Giechaskie, Barouch ^b   Drossinos, Yannis ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTERS; CONTACT LINES; COUNTING EFFICIENCY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FINITE CONTACT ANGLE; GRAPHITE PARTICLES; HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HEXADECANE; LINE TENSION; LINEAR CORRELATION; NON-IDEALITIES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE MATERIALS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SATURATION RATIO; SYSTEMATIC DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TETRADECANE; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; WORKING FLUID;

CALIBRATION; CONTACT ANGLE; FLUIDS; GRAPHITE; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS;

EFFICIENCY;

GRAPHITE; HEXADECANE; POLYALPHA OLEFIN; POLYOLEFIN; TETRADECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONDENSATION PARTICLE COUNTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84867170335     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2012.716174     Document Type: Article

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