Articles | Volume 10, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4915-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4915-2017
Research article
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15 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 15 Dec 2017

A humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurements of particle hygroscopic growth

Tamara Pinterich, Steven R. Spielman, Yang Wang, Susanne V. Hering, and Jian Wang

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The ability of atmospheric particles to uptake water (particle hygroscopicity) is a key parameter in determining their impact on global climate. We present a humidity-controlled fast integrated mobility spectrometer (HFIMS) for rapid measurement of particle hygroscopicity. The HFIMS' performance evaluation shows that it is about an order of magnitude faster than traditional systems, greatly improving our capability to study particle hygroscopicity especially for rapidly evolving aerosols.