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Estimation of average size of submicron particles from the number of all and uncharged particles

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Recently one of the authors introduced for a polydisperse aerosol the useful concept of the equivalent radius which is computed from a monodisperse substitute aerosol with the same fraction of charged nuclei as the actual.

In this paper the result of a theoretical and experimental investigation into the agreement between equivalent and average radius of polydisperse aerosols are presented. It is shown that for normal conditions as is to be expected in practice the equivalent radius represents a very good estimate of the average size of submicron particles in polydisperse aerosols.

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Einer der Authoren hat jüngst den nützlichen Begriff des äquivalenten Radius für polydisperse Aerosole eingeführt, welcher für ein monodisperses Ersatz-Aerosol mit dem gleichen Bruchteil von geladenen Teilchen als das wirkliche Aerosol berechnet wird.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die Resultate einer theoretischen und experimentellen Untersuchung der Uebereinstimmung des äquivalenten und mittleren Radius für polydisperse Aerosole mitgeteilt. Es wird gezeigt, dass unter normalen Bedingungen, wie sie in der Praxis zu erwarten sind, der äquivalente Radius eine sehr gute Abschätzung für den mittleren Radius von sub-mikroskopischen Teilchen in polydispersen Aerosolen vorstellt.

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Rich, T.A., Pollak, L.W. & Metnieks, A.L. Estimation of average size of submicron particles from the number of all and uncharged particles. Geofisica Pura e Applicata 44, 233–241 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01997651

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