Particle characterization capabilities                                                                

Specifications

• Two TSI scanning mobility particle sizers, one with a long differential mobility analyzer. These can provide particle size distributions for aerosols ranging from 3 nm to 16 µm
• A TSI aerosol particle sizer for aerosol diameters ranging from 0.6 mm to 20 mm
• 2 Berner low-pressure impactors for particle size segregated collection (30 nm to 16 µm)
• Desert Research Institute photo-acoustic analyzer for measuring real-time black carbon concentration
• Rupprecht & Patashnick tapered element oscillating microbalance
• GRIMM Model 1.108 15 channel real-time aerosol spectrometer that measures both particle counts and particle mass
• TSI DusTrak nephelometer for measuring PM10, PM2.5 or PM1 mass
• Several optical particle counters

In addition, particle samples can also be collected on a variety of media with cascade impactors and filter samplers for more advanced off-line analyzers.