Towards traceable particle number concentration standard: Single charged aerosol reference (SCAR) |
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Authors: | Jaakko Yli-Ojanperä Jyrki M Mäkelä Marko Marjamäki Antti Rostedt Jorma Keskinen |
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Affiliation: | Tampere University of Technology, Aerosol Physics Laboratory, Korkeakoulunkatu 3, P.O. Box 692, FIN 33101 Tampere, Finland |
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Abstract: | A concept of realizing a standard for aerosol particle number concentration was tested, based on generating singly charged aerosol particles in the size range from 10 up to 500 nm. To this end, a device named single-charged aerosol reference (SCAR) was designed, built, and tested. The device is based on electrical charging of nanoparticles and subsequent growth of the particles. With an accurate measurement of volume flow and electrical current from the singly charged particles, the number concentration can be accurately, and in the end, traceably determined. Laboratory tests have shown that the device can be used to generate a narrow (GSD<1.3) particle size distribution of singly charged particles. The device can be used for traceable calibration of instruments measuring the number concentration of the particles. |
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