The Particle Detection Efficiency Curve of the TSI-3010 CPC as a Function of the Temperature Difference between Saturator and Condenser
Open Access
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- other
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Aerosol Science and Technology
- Vol. 23 (2) , 257-261
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02786829508965310
Abstract
Particle detection efficiences of the Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) TSI-3010 are measured for various temperature differences between saturator and condenser. By increasing the temperature difference from the default value of 177deg;C to the maximum value of 25°C, the particle detection efficiency curve becomes steeper and shifts to smaller particle diameters. In this way, the 50% detection efficiency diameter of the TSI-3010 CPC decreases from 10.5 to 5.7 nm, without the necessity to change its internal design. In this size range, the desired lower detection limit of the TSI-3010 can be adjusted by operating the CPC at the corresponding temperature difference between saturator and condenser.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Generation of monodisperse Ag- and NaCl-aerosols with particle diameters between 2 and 300 nmPublished by Elsevier ,2003
- Intercomparison of Four Methods to Determine Size Distributions of Low-Concentration (∼ 100 cm−3), Ultrafine Aerosols (3 <Dp< 10 nm) with Illustrative Data from the ArcticAerosol Science and Technology, 1994
- A new electromobility spectrometer for the measurement of aerosol size distributions in the size range from 1 to 1000 nmJournal of Aerosol Science, 1991
- Calibration of a TSI Model 3025 Ultrafine Condensation Particle CounterAerosol Science and Technology, 1991
- Counting Efficiency of an Improved 30-Å Condensation Nucleus CounterAerosol Science and Technology, 1991
- An Ultrafine Aerosol Condensation Nucleus CounterAerosol Science and Technology, 1991
- Continuous flow, single-particle-counting condensation nucleus counterJournal of Aerosol Science, 1980