Short name:
SMPS

Full name:
Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer

What is being measured:
Particle number, surface area, and volume concentration

Sampling Protocol:
Online

Manufacturer:
TSI

Model:
DMA 3082, CPC 3775

Instrument year :
None specified

Data recording software:
TSI AIM

Data analysis software:
MATLAB

Raw data time resolution:
1 s

Analysis data averaging:
180 s

Detection limit:
#: 0.108 cm-3; V: 0.001 um3/cm3

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

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

Sampling method:
Direct sampling from chamber

Sample preparation method:

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

Length of tubing (cm):
25.4

Instrument flow rate:
Sheath: 3 lpm; Sample: 0.3 lpm

Tubing inner diameter:
0.48

Tubing material:

Chemical identification method:
None

Data analysis method:
The SMPS data that were recorded in scanning mode are analyzed using a custom MATLAB script. Particle size distribution, number/volume concentration as a function of time can be displayed.

Quantification method:
Signal strength is converted to partial number/size distribution by designed transfer functions.

Calibration method:

Calibration drift estimate:

Calibration schedule:

Uncertainty estimation method:
Duplication of the same experimental conditions.

Known interferences:
N/A

Link to supplemental information:
N/A

Additional notes:
N/A

Measurement uncertainty:
measurements from this instrument have uncertainties of 10% of absolute value

Measurement units:
dw/dlogDp