Counting on chemistry: laboratory evaluation of seed-material-dependent detection efficiencies of ultrafine condensation particle counters

Wlasits, Peter Josef; Stolzenburg, Dominik; Tauber, Christian; Brilke, Sophia; Schmitt, Sebastian Harald; Winkler, Paul Martin; Wimmer, Daniela

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3787-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3787-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-3787-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Research article

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13 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 13 Jul 2020

Counting on chemistry: laboratory evaluation of seed-material-dependent detection efficiencies of ultrafine condensation particle counters

Peter Josef Wlasits, Dominik Stolzenburg, Christian Tauber, Sophia Brilke, Sebastian Harald Schmitt, Paul Martin Winkler, and Daniela Wimmer

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #3', Peter Josef Wlasits, 11 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Final Response to Referee #3', Peter Josef Wlasits, 12 May 2020
RC2: 'Counting on Chemistry: Laboratory Evaluation of Seed Material-Dependent Detection Efficiencies of Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counters', Anonymous Referee #2, 15 Mar 2020
- AC3: 'Final Response to Referee #2', Peter Josef Wlasits, 12 May 2020

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AR by Peter Josef Wlasits on behalf of the Authors (13 May 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (27 May 2020) by Pierre Herckes

AR by Peter Josef Wlasits on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In this paper we show that chemical similarities between the seed particle material and the working fluid have an impact on the detection efficiency of commonly used CPCs. A remarkable set of CPCs, including the newly developed V-WCPC 3789, was tested. Among others, reproducibly generated organic seeds based on beta-caryophyllene were used. Theoretical simulations of supersaturation profiles were successfully linked to measured data.