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Main Title Cascade impactor calibration guidelines /
Author Calvert, Seymour,
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Lake, Charles,
Parker, Richard,
CORP Author A.P.T., Inc., San Diego, Calif.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA-600/2-76-118; EPA-68-02-1869; EPA-ROAP-21ADJ-037
Stock Number PB-252 656
OCLC Number 02237293
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Air--Pollution--United States ; Cascade converters
Additional Subjects Calibrating ; Impactors ; Aerosols ; Particle size ; Concentration(Composition) ; Design criteria ; Accuracy ; Particles ; Laboratory equipment ; Efficiency ; Performance evaluation ; Field tests ; Air pollution sampling ; Cascade impactors
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20012LTC.PDF
Holdings
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EJBD  EPA 600-2-76-118 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/30/2014
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-76-118 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-76-118 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 08/14/2018
NTIS  PB-252 656 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation v, 38 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report contains guidelines for routine calibration of cascade impactors. The basic calibration technique discussed in the report involves generating uniformly sized particles, testing individual stages, determining particle number concentrations by light scattering, and calculating efficiencies for given test parameters. Each component of the technique is discussed. The results of calibrations of three cascade impactors and comparisons with published studies are presented.
Notes
Prepared by A.P.T., inc., San Diego, Calif., under contract no. 68-02-1869, ROAP no. 21ADJ-037, program element no. 1AB012. Includes bibliographical references (page 34).