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Research article
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24 Apr 2018
Research article |
| 24 Apr 2018
| 24 Apr 2018
Laser ablation aerosol particle time-of-flight mass spectrometer (LAAPTOF): performance, reference spectra and classification of atmospheric samples
Xiaoli Shen
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IfGG), Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Ramakrishna Ramisetty
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Claudia Mohr
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
now at: Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry,
Stockholm University, Stockholm, 11418, Sweden
Wei Huang
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Institute of Geography and Geoecology (IfGG), Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Kaiserstr. 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
Thomas Leisner
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research (IMK-AAF), Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344
Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
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Short summary
This paper presents performance data and reference spectra from the commercially available single-particle mass spectrometer LAAPTOF. The main characteristics of the instrument, like its detection efficiency, are given for a wide particle size range. Furthermore, reference mass spectra for 32 well-defined different particle types relevant for atmospheric aerosol compounds are presented. It is shown that these reference mass spectra are very useful in analysis of atmospheric aerosol particles.
This paper presents performance data and reference spectra from the commercially available...
