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Sioutas Personal Cascade Impactor
Separates Ultrafine, Fine, and > 2.5 µm Particles.
SKU
225-370
Sioutas Cascade Impactor, for use with Leland Legacy air sampling pump at 9 L/min; separates and collects airborne particles in five size ranges: >2.5 µm, 1.0 to 2.5 µm, 0.50 to 1.0 µm, 0.25 to 0.50 µm, and < 0.25 µm.
For more information on the Sioutas Personal Cascade Impactor, contact your local Air-Met office.
- Precise particle separation
- Particle size cut-points: 2.5 µm, 1.0 µm, 0.50 µm, and 0.25 µm
- The only personal impactor that efficiently samples Ultrafine, Fine, and > 2.5 µm particles simultaneously
- Maintains high collection efficiency even at high particle concentrations
- Optimised at 9 L/min flow rate with low pressure drop for 24-hour sampling
- Improves analytical sensitivity
- Minimises non-detectable samples
- Preserves unstable compounds
- Chemically inert collection substrate
- No impaction grease to contaminate sample
- Minimal particle bounce and internal wall losses
- Suitable for indoor and outdoor sampling
- Size-fractionated samples can be analysed gravimetrically, chemically, and microscopically
- Small and lightweight
- Suitable for personal or area sampling
| Flow Rate |
9 L/min
50% cut-point of each stage at 9 L/min
Stage A: 2.5 µm
Stage B: 1.0 µm
Stage C: 0.50 µm
Stage D: 0.25 µm
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Recommended After-filter Type
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37-mm, 2.0-µm PTFE filter
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| Recommended Collection Filter for Stages | 25-mm, 0.5-µm PTFE with laminated PTFE support |
| Wind Velocity |
< 5 mph
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| Operating Temperature | Maximum operating temperature of PTFE Filters with the PMP support ring is 464 F ( 240 C) |
| Maximum Particle Load | Varies per stage |
| Construction Material |
Stages are anodized aluminium;
O-rings are Buna-N (Nitrile); filter retainers are acrylic
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| Inlet and Outlet Diameters |
Inlet: 3/8-in OD and 1/4-in ID
Outlet: 3/8-in OD and 1/4-in ID
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| Dimensions | 3.4 x 2.2 in (8.6 x 5.5 cm) |
| Weight | 5.6 oz (159 gm) |
| Tubing | 3/8-inch ID |
| Approvals | ETV |
- Industrial hygiene studies
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) studies
- Air pollution studies
- Inhalation toxicology and epidemiological studies
- Aerosol research
- Pharmaceutical studies
- Outdoor ambient sampling (requires special provisions, see operating instructions).
