Methods for the measurement of the parameters of aerosol particles with the use of an analyzer based on the differential mobility of nanoparticles and with a diffusion aerosol spectrometer are described and tested. A comparison of the results of measurements of the diameters of nanoparticles by the two methods is performed. Results of inter-laboratory comparisons of the analyzers based on the differential mobility of nanoparticles and studies of the electric motors of household appliances which are generators of the aerosols of nanoparticles with dimensions in the range 6–50 nm are presented.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 31–34, March, 2011.
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Karpov, O.V., Balakhanov, D.M., Lesnikov, E.V. et al. Nanoparticles in ambient air. measurement methods. Meas Tech 54, 269–274 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-011-9719-7
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