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Characterization of a non-thermal plasma source for use as a mass specrometric calibration tool and non-radioactive aerosol charger
Christian Tauber
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Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
David Schmoll
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Johannes Gruenwald
Gruenwald Laboratories GmbH, Taxberg 50, 5660 Taxenbach, Austria
Sophia Brilke
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Peter Josef Wlasits
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Paul Martin Winkler
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Daniela Wimmer
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Short summary
In this paper we show that a commercially available plasma charger with nitrogen as the working gas can enhance the charging probability for sub-12 nm particles. In addition, the charger ion mobilities and the chemical composition have been examined using an atmospheric pressure interface time-of-flight mass spectrometer (APi-TOF MS), and comparison of the experimental results revealed that the generated neutralizer ions are not dependent on the charging mechanism.
In this paper we show that a commercially available plasma charger with nitrogen as the working...
