Best Practices
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Lighthouse Active Air Sampler Technology and d50
Air Sampler impaction technology has been around for decades. However the d50 is a little know aspect of air sampler technology design and it plays a critical role in air sample capture. Aerosol Impaction...
Cleanroom Air Changes Best Practices
Cleanrooms are defined by their cleanliness level based on the absence of airborne particles present in a sample of a giving volume. ISO 14644-1 is an international standard for cleanroom classification....
Particle Transport in Tubing
Airborne Particle Counters (APC) are used for a variety of purposes such as: • Filter testing • Cleanroom certification and testing • Isolator and minienvironment testing and certification....
Real Time Process Monitoring
A common approach to controlling contamination in high technology manufacturing cleanrooms is the continuous monitoring of particles. Either dedicated, discrete, “real-time” particle counters or a...
Maintaining Validation and Calibration
A wide variety of scientific instruments are used on a regular basis to assist in our daily IAQ investigations. Moisture meters, temperature and relative humidity probes, infrared cameras, and particle...
What do Particle Counts Mean?
When using particle counters, one needs to be aware of certain terms or phrases that are commonly used when describing functions of the instrument, or how the data is viewed and reported. Data are displayed...