Issue 6, 2011

Determination of response of real-time SidePak AM510 monitor to secondhand smoke, other common indoor aerosols, and outdoor aerosol

Abstract

The amount of light scattered by airborne particles inside an aerosol photometer will vary not only with the mass concentration, but also with particle properties such as size, shape, and composition. This study conducted controlled experiments to compare the measurements of a real-time photometer, the SidePakā„¢ AM510 monitor (SidePak), with gravimetric mass. PM sources tested were outdoor aerosols, and four indoor combustion sources: cigarettes, incense, wood chips, and toasting bread. The calibration factor for rescaling the SidePak measurements to agree with gravimetric mass was similar for the cigarette and incense sources, but different for burning wood chips and toasting bread. The calibration factors for ambient urban aerosols differed substantially from day to day, due to variations in the sources and composition of outdoor PM. A field evaluation inside a casino with active smokers yielded calibration factors consistent with those obtained in the controlled experiments with cigarette smoke.

Graphical abstract: Determination of response of real-time SidePak AM510 monitor to secondhand smoke, other common indoor aerosols, and outdoor aerosol

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Dec 2010
Accepted
14 Apr 2011
First published
17 May 2011

J. Environ. Monit., 2011,13, 1695-1702

Determination of response of real-time SidePak AM510 monitor to secondhand smoke, other common indoor aerosols, and outdoor aerosol

R. Jiang, V. Acevedo-Bolton, K. Cheng, N. E. Klepeis, W. R. Ott and L. M. Hildemann, J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1695 DOI: 10.1039/C0EM00732C

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