The condensation particle counter battery (CPCB): A new tool to investigate the activation properties of nanoparticles

Markku Kulmala; G Mordas; Tuukka Petäjä; T Grönholm; Pasi P Aalto; H Vehkamäki; A. I. Hienola; Erik Herrmann; Mikko Sipilä; I Riipinen; Hanna E. Manninen; Kaarle Hämeri; Frank Stratmann; Merete Bilde; Paul Winkler; Wolfram Birmili; Paul Wagner

doi:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2006.11.008

The condensation particle counter battery (CPCB): A new tool to investigate the activation properties of nanoparticles

Markku Kulmala, G Mordas, Tuukka Petäjä, T Grönholm, Pasi P Aalto, H Vehkamäki, A. I. Hienola, Erik Herrmann, Mikko Sipilä, I Riipinen, Hanna E. Manninen, Kaarle Hämeri, Frank Stratmann, Merete Bilde, Paul Winkler, Wolfram Birmili, Paul Wagner

Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics

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The formation and growth of fresh atmospheric aerosol particles was investigated using a condensation particle counter battery (CPCB). This instrument is a matrix of four separate CPCs, which differ in the combination of both cut-off size and working liquid (water; n-butanol). In a first step, the CPC counting efficiencies and cut-off sizes were carefully characterised under laboratory conditions for different condensing vapours, temperature differences between condenser and saturator, and test aerosol types. In addition, the activation process was described theoretically, and modelled numerically for the given CPC configurations. These results confirmed that water-soluble and water-insoluble as well as butanol-soluble and butanol-insoluble aerosol particles may be discriminated in the CPCB through different activation diameters. Therefore, the CPCB represents a novel tool to infer information on the chemical composition of aerosol particles between 2 and 20 nm. To test the applicability of the CPCB under field conditions, the CPCB was operated at a rural background station in Finland (Hyytiälä) in April and May 2005. The results indicate that growing nucleation mode particles were water-soluble both at 3 and 11 nm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-304
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Aerosol Science
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2006.11.008
Publication status	Published - 2007

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

103020 Surface physics
210006 Nanotechnology
105904 Environmental research

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Kulmala, M., Mordas, G., Petäjä, T., Grönholm, T., Aalto, P. P., Vehkamäki, H., Hienola, A. I., Herrmann, E., Sipilä, M., Riipinen, I., Manninen, H. E., Hämeri, K., Stratmann, F., Bilde, M., Winkler, P., Birmili, W., & Wagner, P. (2007). The condensation particle counter battery (CPCB): A new tool to investigate the activation properties of nanoparticles. Journal of Aerosol Science, 38(3), 289-304. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2006.11.008

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The condensation particle counter battery (CPCB): A new tool to investigate the activation properties of nanoparticles

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