Characterization of an aerodynamic lens for transmitting particles greater than 1 micrometer in diameter into the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

Characterization of an Aerodynamic Lens for Transmitting Particles Greater than 1 Micrometer in Diameter into the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

We have designed and characterized a new inlet and aerodynamic lens for the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) that transmits particles between 80 nm and more than 3 μm in vacuum aerodynamic diameter. The design of the inlet and lens was optimized with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of particle trajectories. Major changes include a redesigned critical orifice holder and valve...

Characterization of the South Atlantic marine boundary layer aerosol using an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

Measurements of the submicron fraction of the atmospheric aerosol in the marine boundary layer were performed from January to March 2007 (Southern Hemisphere summer) onboard the French research vessel Marion Dufresne in the Southern Atlantic and Indian Ocean (20 S–60 S, 70 W–60 E). We used an Aerodyne HighResolution-Time-of-Flight AMS to characterize the chemical composition and to measure spec...

Characterization of an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS): Intercomparison with Other Aerosol Instruments

N. Takegawa,1 Y. Miyazaki,1 Y. Kondo,1 Y. Komazaki,1 T. Miyakawa,1 J. L. Jimenez,2 J. T. Jayne,3 D. R. Worsnop,3 J. D. Allan,4 and R. J. Weber5 1Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 2Department of Chemistry and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA 3The Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry, Aerodyne Research, Incorporated, Bill...

Transmission Efficiency of an Aerodynamic Focusing Lens System: Comparison of Model Calculations and Laboratory Measurements for the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

Quantitative sampling using an Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer 1. Techniques of data interpretation and error analysis

[1] The aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS), manufactured by Aerodyne Research, Inc., has been shown to be capable of delivering quantitative information on the chemical composition and size of volatile and semivolatile fine airborne particulate matter with high time resolution. Analytical and software tools for interpreting the data from this instrument and generating meaningful, quantitative resu...