We report a new technique for sizing particles in the electrodynamic balance. In this technique, the trajectory of a falling particle is followed with a photomultiplier tube. Particle velocities are measured by placing a mask between the particle and the detector. The masked region in the particle trajectory is roughly 0.6 mm wide. Output from the PMT is sampled every millisecond by an A/D converter and stored in a computer. Flight times of several hundred milliseconds are measured and the size is then computed from the particle’s terminal velocity. With a modification of the mask, the technique is used to verify the uniformity of the electric field through which the particle is falling. In the present work we use the technique to determine size of polystryrene latex microspheres having nominal diameters of 10 and 20 μ. The technique can be used on any size particle, independent of its charge‐to‐mass ratio, and provides the size information in a short time.
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May 01 1986
Particle sizing in the electrodynamic balance
Gideon Sageev;
Gideon Sageev
Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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John H. Seinfeld;
John H. Seinfeld
Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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Richard C. Flagan
Richard C. Flagan
Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
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Rev. Sci. Instrum. 57, 933–936 (1986)
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Received:
November 18 1985
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January 29 1986
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Gideon Sageev, John H. Seinfeld, Richard C. Flagan; Particle sizing in the electrodynamic balance. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 May 1986; 57 (5): 933–936. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1138837
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