Assessment of a Cylindrical and a Rectangular Plate Differential Mobility Analyzer for Size Fractionation of Nanoparticles at High-Aerosol Flow Rates |
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| Authors: | Esther Hontañón Marcel Rouenhoff Alfredo Azabal Emilio Ramiro Frank Einar Kruis |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Technology for Nanostructures and Centre for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen , Duisburg , Germany;2. RAMEM S.A. , Madrid , Spain |
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| Abstract: | An existing differential mobility analyzer (DMA) of cylindrical electrodes and a novel DMA of rectangular plate electrodes are demonstrated for size fractionation of nanoparticles at high-aerosol flow rates in this work. The two DMAs are capable of delivering monodisperse size selected nanoparticles (SMPS σg < 1.1) at gas flow rates ranging from 200 slm to 500 slm. At an aerosol flow rate of 200 slm, the maximum attainable particle mean size is of about 20 nm for the cylindrical DMA and of nearly 50 nm for the rectangular plate DMA. The number concentration of the monodisperse nanoparticles delivered by the high-flow DMAs spans from 104 cm?3 to 106 cm?3 depending upon the particle mean size and particle size dispersion. Copyright 2014 American Association for Aerosol Research |
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