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DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF AN INLET CONDITIONER TO DRY PARTICLES FOR AN AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER
Citation:
Peters, T. M., A. L. Riss, R. L. Holm, M. Singh, AND R. W. VANDERPOOL. DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF AN INLET CONDITIONER TO DRY PARTICLES FOR AN AERODYNAMIC PARTICLE SIZER. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, Uk, 10(4):541-551, (2008).
Impact/Purpose:
The Reference and Equivalency Program accepts and evaluates applications for new FRMs/FEMs and designates those that meet the criteria. In addition, the Program publishes required guidance and quality assurance (QA) documents in the Federal Register and addresses technical or application issues in which the integrity of FRM/FEM monitors is questioned.
Description:
Atmospheric particulate matter is one of six pollutants for which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set National Ambient Air Quality Standards. Particulate matter standards are specified by particle size as PM 2.5 defined as the mass concentration of ′fine′ particles smaller than 2.5 µm aerodynamic diameter, and PM10 defined as the mass concentration of particles with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 10 µm.