Particle characterization capabilities                                                                

Specifications

  • Two TSI scanning mobility particle sizers, one with a long differential mobility analyzer. These can provide particle size distributions for aerosols ranging from 3 nm to 16 µm
  • A TSI aerosol particle sizer for aerosol diameters ranging from 0.6 mm to 20 mm
  • 2 Berner low-pressure impactors for particle size segregated collection (30 nm to 16 µm)
  • Desert Research Institute photo-acoustic analyzer for measuring real-time black carbon concentration
  • Rupprecht & Patashnick tapered element oscillating microbalance
  • GRIMM Model 1.108 15 channel real-time aerosol spectrometer that measures both particle counts and particle mass
  • TSI DusTrak nephelometer for measuring PM10, PM2.5 or PM1 mass
  • Several optical particle counters

In addition, particle samples can also be collected on a variety of media with cascade impactors and filter samplers for more advanced off-line analyzers.