Performance of a Personal Low-Weight Aerosol Sampler with Particle Size Fractionation and Time Resolution

A low-weight aerosol sampler has been developed and tested. Internal losses for both sub-micron and large particles ( < 10 tam) are of the order of 5 %. The size fractionation patterns indicate that the sampler may be used to collect a separate respirable fraction in good agreement with the BMRC standard and a coarse fraction deternuned by the inlet design