Method and device for continuous measurement of the mass of aerosol particles in gaseous samples
US4525627A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 4, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 4, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY04S40/124
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A gaseous sample and a reference volume are traversed by electromagnetic iation and the absorption caused by the sample, as given by the difference between the radiation intensities after passage through the sample and the reference volume, is measured and used as a measurement value. By means of radiation of a wavelength in the range between 3.8 and 4.15 .mu.m, the specific mass of particles characterized by broadband absorption--especially graphitic particles--is determined; by means of radiation of a frequency band centered in the wavelength range of 3.35 to 3.5 .mu.m, whose 3 dB bandwidth does not exceed 0.3 .mu.m, the specific total mass of aerosol particles is determined, and by the additional measurement of the resonance absorption at a wavelength in the range of 3.35 to 3.5 .mu.m the percentages of both graphitic and organically soluble particles are determined separately. In a device for the implementation of the method a beam splitter transmits the radiation of a common radiation source to the sample and the reference volume; by means of a deflection unit the partial beams are reunited and transmitted to an evaluation unit in front of a common detector. With the aid of tw…
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