Instruments

The Evans Research Group has a variety of continuous ambient air monitoring instruments that analyze the physical and chemical characteristics of particulate matter, as well as other supporting instruments.

Please follow the links below for detailed descriptions of the instruments available.

Physical characterization

  • Fast Mobility Particle Spectrometer (FMPS)
  • Engine Exhaust Particle Sizer (EEPS)
  • Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS)
  • Aerodynamic Particle Spectrometer (APS)
  • Synchronized Hybrid Ambient Real-time Particulate Monitor (SHARP)
  • Handheld Nanoparticle Counter
  • microAeth Black Carbon Aerosol Monitor
  • Optical Particle Sizer (OPS)
  • Ultrafine Particle Monitor
  • DUSTTRACK Aerosol Monitor 

Chemical characterization

  • Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (ATOFMS)
  • Thermal-Optical Semi Continuous OC/EC Analyzer
  • Photoacoustic Soot Spectrometer (PASS)
  • Aethalometer (AE-33)
  • Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor (ACSM)
  • Photoelectric Aerosol Sensor (PAS)
  • Xact metal monitor (Xact 625)

Supporting instruments

  • AirSENCE™ Air Quality Monitoring Device
  • O3 Analyzer
  • CO Analyzer
  • CO2 Analyzer
  • Chemiluminescent NO/NO2 /NOX Analyzer
  • Airpointer for O3, NOx, PM
  • Electrospray Aerosol Generator
  • High Speed FTIR Gas Analyzer
  • Q-Trak Indoor Air Quality Monitor
  • SO2 Fluorescent Analyzer