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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1977
Wade L Fite, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Richard L Myers, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Extranuclear Laboratories, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The measurement of a dc current from ions produced in a surface ionization detector for particulates in combination with simultaneous particulate counting to differentiate between particulates above or below a predetermined size and total particulates present thus determining whether a given aerosol consists primarily of large particulates or very small particulates and providing general information about the particle size in an aerosol. The dc current measurement further provides surface ionization detection of particulates at densities which overload circuitry for pulse counting, whereby the dynamic range of the instrument is extended.