New aerosol spectrometer suits a variety of applications

Published: 17-Jul-2007

The new Wide-Range Particle Spectrometer (WPS) from MSP Corporation is said to be ideal for a wide variety of applications wherever there is a need for sizing and counting aerosols.


Copley Scientific is the exclusive European distributor for MSP Corporation.

Potential uses include: atmospheric aerosol measurement; indoor air quality studies, characterisation of emission sources; laboratory aerosol research; particle characterisation for semiconductor, computer disc drive and micro-contamination studies; and aerosol characterisation for atomisers, nebulisers and other drug delivery and medical devices.

The latest version of the WPS uses an electrical ioniser to neutralise particle charge prior to differential mobility analysis (DMA). This technological breakthrough eliminates the need for neutralisation by radioactive source. The WPS is claimed to be the only commercially available spectrometer that combines DMA and condensation particle counting with laser light scattering in a single instrument, to deliver a measurement range of 5nm to 10µm.

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