In Situ Dynamic Measurement of Polydisperse Chain Aggregate Aerosols Using Photocorrelation Spectroscopy Technique

An experimental technique was developed to perform in situ photo correlation spectroscopy measurements on length distribution of dynamic polydisperse iron oxide aerosols with diameters ranging from 0.01 to 0.05 μm. The cumulant analytical method is used to determine the average length of the chain aggregate. The experimental results show that the average length of the iron oxide aerosols obtained by the photo correlation spectroscopy technique is basically consistent with the results obtained by TEM. Results indicate that the length of the iron oxide samples increases as the liquid carbonyl temperature increases and the gas flow dilution ratio decrease.