Short name:
HR-ToF-AMS

Full name:
High Resolution Time-of-Flight Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

What is being measured:

Sampling Protocol:
Online

Manufacturer:
Aerodyne Research Inc.

Model:
N/A

Instrument year :
None specified

Data recording software:
ToF-AMS DAQ 4.024beta

Data analysis software:
SQ 1.62A, PIKA 1.22A

Raw data time resolution:
1 minute

Analysis data averaging:
1 min

Detection limit:
0.003 μg/m3

Sensitivity to temperature (and correction method, if applicable): :

Sensitivity to relative humidity (and correction method, if applicable): :

Sampling method:
Direct sampling

Sample preparation method:

Sample residence time (chamber to instrument) (seconds):

Length of tubing (cm):
0.042

Instrument flow rate:
0.08

Tubing inner diameter:

Tubing material:
Stainless Steel

Chemical identification method:
Mass spectrometer with electron impact ionization.

Data analysis method:
Quantitative

Quantification method:

Calibration method:
Ionization efficiency and relative ionization effeciencies of the instrument are calibrated with pure 300nm ammonium nitrate particles and pure 300nm ammonium sulfate particles every other week.

Calibration drift estimate:
Low (on the order of weeks)

Calibration schedule:
As Needed

Uncertainty estimation method:
By filter sampling, and from the analysis software.

Known interferences:
Air and inorganic salts can interfere with organic signals Collection efficiency issue: particle can bounce off from the surface of the vaporizer

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Measurement uncertainty:

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