Yoshio Ikezawa

Calibration of Cascade Impactor by Two-Stage Method

A simple method of calibrating the cascade impactor has been developed by applying Hongo et al.s two-stage method to evaluate the particle-size distribution. The constants ψ and σfor a function representing the impaction efficiency were determined for the UNICO cascade impactor, using the test particles produced by a spinning-disc aerosol generator. The values were ψ=0.35, σ=1.46, respectively. The validity of the method for the UNICO cascade impactor was confirmed from microphotographic observation of a sample artificial aerosol containing different sizes of uranine methylene-blue particles. Both the mass median aerodynamic diameter and the geometric standard deviation obtained with the method agreed with the microphotographie measurements with relative errors not exceeding 10%.