Tandem configuration of differential mobility and centrifugal particle mass analysers for investigating aerosol hygroscopic properties

Vlasenko, Sergey S.; Su, Hang; Pöschl, Ulrich; Andreae, Meinrat O.; Mikhailov, Eugene F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1269-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1269-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-1269-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

Research article

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30 Mar 2017

Research article |

| 30 Mar 2017

Tandem configuration of differential mobility and centrifugal particle mass analysers for investigating aerosol hygroscopic properties

Sergey S. Vlasenko, Hang Su, Ulrich Pöschl, Meinrat O. Andreae, and Eugene F. Mikhailov

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Preprint (discussion started on 23 Sep 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'review of amt-2016-249', Peter McMurry, 13 Oct 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1comments', S.S. Vlasenko, 13 Jan 2017
RC2: 'Interactive comment on “Tandem configuration of differential mobility and centrifugal particle mass analyzers for investigating aerosol hygroscopic properties” by Sergey S. Vlasenko et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Nov 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', S.S. Vlasenko, 13 Jan 2017
RC3: 'Referee Comments on AMT Research Article amt-2016-249', Anonymous Referee #3, 20 Nov 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #3', S.S. Vlasenko, 13 Jan 2017

Short summary

The paper describes a new technique for measuring the hygroscopic properties of laboratory and ambient aerosols. The direct measurements of humidified particle mass allow avoiding complications that occur in the commonly used technique due to poorly defined particle morphology and density. Both test results and field measurements have shown that the system can be applied for aerosol size-resolved mass growth factor measurements in hydration and dehydration modes up to 95 % RH.