Minimizing Concentration Effects in Water-Based, Laminar-Flow Condensation Particle Counters.
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SUBMITTER: Lewis GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3890109 | biostudies-literature | 2013
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Minimizing Concentration Effects in Water-Based, Laminar-Flow Condensation Particle Counters.
Lewis Gregory S GS Hering Susanne V SV
Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research 20130101 6
Concentration effects in water condensation systems, such as used in the water-based condensation particle counter, are explored through numeric modeling and direct measurements. Modeling shows that the condensation heat release and vapor depletion associated with particle activation and growth lowers the peak supersaturation. At higher number concentrations, the diameter of the droplets formed is smaller, and the threshold particle size for activation is higher. This occurs in both cylindrical ...[more]
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