Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy of Collected Aerosols

Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy of Collected Aerosols Photothermal Deflection Spectroscopy of Collected Aerosols

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Aerosol Loading EffectsEvolution aerosol deposition canfollow a Poisson function1009080P (n,λAt)) = ( (λAt) n exp(-λAt)/)/n!Where t is loading time, A issurface area, λ is deposition rateNumber of particles70605040302010Corrected countReal count"Probability that pile-up occurs isP o = 1 - exp(-ga)00 50 100 150Loading Time [s]Where g is a surface extinctioncoefficient, and a is the surfaceparticle density.0.120.10.08Corrected count is given asRSD0.060.04n = n 0 exp(-ga)0.02Where n is the real number and n 0the measured count.00 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Loading Time [s]

Finite Element Analysis Modeling Finite Element Analysis is a tool for numerical solutions to complex differentialequations Comsol Multiphysics v. 3.3 Steps Define sample geometry Specify materials, boundaryconditions, heat sources and sinks Solve problem with rough finiteelement definitions Obtain δT time series Calculate relative photothermalelement Comparison to standardapproximate results

Aerosol Loading EffectsEvolution aerosol deposition canfollow a Poisson function1009080P (n,λAt)) = ( (λAt) n exp(-λAt)/)/n!Where t is loading time, A issurface area, λ is deposition rateNumber <strong>of</strong> particles70605040302010Corrected countReal count"Probability that pile-up occurs isP o = 1 - exp(-ga)00 50 100 150Loading Time [s]Where g is a surface extinctioncoefficient, and a is the surfaceparticle density.0.120.10.08Corrected count is given asRSD0.060.04n = n 0 exp(-ga)0.02Where n is the real number and n 0the measured count.00 20 40 60 80 100 120 140Loading Time [s]

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