Laboratory and field evaluation of the Aerosol Dynamics Inc. concentrator (ADIc) for aerosol mass spectrometry

Saarikoski, Sanna; Williams, Leah R.; Spielman, Steven R.; Lewis, Gregory S.; Eiguren-Fernandez, Arantzazu; Aurela, Minna; Hering, Susanne V.; Teinilä, Kimmo; Croteau, Philip; Jayne, John T.; Hohaus, Thorsten; Worsnop, Douglas R.; Timonen, Hilkka

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3907-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3907-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3907-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

Research article

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16 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 16 Jul 2019

Laboratory and field evaluation of the Aerosol Dynamics Inc. concentrator (ADIc) for aerosol mass spectrometry

Sanna Saarikoski, Leah R. Williams, Steven R. Spielman, Gregory S. Lewis, Arantzazu Eiguren-Fernandez, Minna Aurela, Susanne V. Hering, Kimmo Teinilä, Philip Croteau, John T. Jayne, Thorsten Hohaus, Douglas R. Worsnop, and Hilkka Timonen

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RC1: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 May 2019
- AC1: 'Author comment', Sanna Saarikoski, 13 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Review of "Laboratory and field evaluation of the Aerosol Dynamics Inc. concentrator (ADIc) for aerosol mass spectrometry"', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 May 2019
- AC2: 'Author comment', Sanna Saarikoski, 13 Jun 2019
- AC3: 'Author comment', Sanna Saarikoski, 22 Jun 2019

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AR by Sanna Saarikoski on behalf of the Authors (13 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (14 Jun 2019) by Charles Brock

AR by Sanna Saarikoski on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

An air-to-air ultrafine particle concentrator (Aerosol Dynamics Inc. concentrator; ADIc) has been tailored for the low (~ 0.08 L min⁻¹) inlet flow of aerosol mass spectrometers, and it provides a factor of 8–21 enrichment in the concentration of particles. The ADIc was evaluated in laboratory and field measurements. The results showed that the concentration factor depends primarily on the ratio between the sample flow and the output flow and is independent of particle size above about 10 nm.