The Angular Polarization Ratio for the Characterization of Small Droplets in Oil Sprays

The angular patterns of the polarization ratio were calculated for droplets with diameters between 0.020 and 50 μm at 500 nm wavelength. It was observed that the patterns for droplets slightly smaller than 1 μm were dominated by a backward peak belonging to the glory. The peak was successfully used to characterize aerosols of light and heavy oils with a Junge-like size distribution. Experiments conducted with heavy oil sprays produced by air-assisted atomization presented the same feature. A quantitative comparison of the experimental results with the Lorenz-Mie theory showed that the size distribution of these sprays was bimodal.     

基于激光感生电压技术的咖啡粉粒径检测

咖啡颗粒的大小直接影响着成品咖啡的品质,高效辨别出咖啡粉粒径大小对咖啡品质的鉴别尤其重要。在89 μm～140 μm粒径范围内,利用激光感生电压（laser-induced voltage,LIV）技术对不同粒径的云南小颗粒咖啡粉进行检测,不同粒径咖啡粉展现出不同的LIV响应,其信号幅值、响应时间、半高宽等参数均存在明显差异。随咖啡粉粒径逐渐增大,其LIV信号幅值（V_p）呈先减小后增大的趋势,当粒径为104 μm～107 μm时V_p最小。此外,LIV信号波形的响应时间及半高宽分别与咖啡粉末粒径之间呈正、负相关变化规律。结果表明,激光感生电压技术对咖啡粉粒径的变化较为敏感,有望成为检验咖啡粉粒径的有效检测手段。     

采用旋转涂膜法制备基底生长的定向碳纳米管阵列

 采用化学气相沉积技术,利用旋转涂膜法制备催化剂基底材料,通过对涂膜过程中的角速度、旋转时间以及基底还原过程中温度的控制改变催化剂颗粒的分布状态,获得了粒径均匀分布的催化剂基底,该基底上催化剂颗粒集中分布在47～62 nm区间,再利用该基底生长出定向碳纳米管阵列。运用扫描电镜、透射电镜、拉曼光谱仪对样品进行了表征。结果表明旋转涂膜法制备的基底平整性好于普通的滴膜法,且较其它基底制备方法具有简单易控、可使催化剂均匀分散等特点。利用该基底制备的碳纳米管阵列定向性良好。     

基于光束扫描宽化技术的激光掩模微加工系统

利用Nd∶KGW激光器,采用光束扫描宽化技术和掩模微缩成像方法研制了用于微打标及微型零件雕刻成形的激光掩模微加工系统。系统采用计算机打印的塑料胶片或液晶作掩模,光束扫描面积为（有效掩模面积）30 mm×30 mm。微缩成像系统的缩小倍率分别为8～10倍（f=100 mm透镜）和15～20倍（f=50 mm透镜）。对该系统的加工尺寸和加工精度进行了分析。实验结果表明：系统达到的最小标刻宽度和加工图形精度均为10μm,与分析结果一致。系统的单次加工深度为0.07～0.1μm,最大加工深度为200μm,可满足工业微加工技术的基本要求。     

液滴微粒直径分布的激光散射法测量

本文利用氦氖激光器为光源在自行设计的光散射实验装置上对球形微粒群进行了粒径平均直径及直径分布的理论研究和测量.实验结果表明,本实验装置具有测量精度高、适用范围广和测量粒径范围宽等特点.     

On the Sizing Accuracy of Laser Optical Particle Counters

The performance of a narrow-angle and a wide-angle, forward scattering laser aerosol spectrometer has been studied as a function of particle size and refractive index. The results have been compared with theoretical calculations based on light scattering theory. The results indicate that for the narrow-angle instrument, the scattered-light intensity is not a monotonic function of particle size for transparent particles (a monotonic relationship is required for unambiguous particle size measurement) above 0.7 μm. The instrument is therefore limited in its useful range to size distribution measurement between 0.2 μm – its lower particle size limit – and 0.7 μm for transparent particles. In the case of the wide-angle instrument, the instrument output is a monotonic function of particle size for transparent particles, but the output is severely attenuated for light absorbing particles above 0.3 μm. The instrument, therefore, cannot be used for accurate size measurements above 0.3 μm for light absorbing particles.     

冲击波作用下微米尺度金属颗粒群的动力学行为

基于平面化爆驱动飞片高压加载技术和激光测速技术,研究了冲击波加载不同粒径锡颗粒群的微喷射行为以及在空气中的减速规律.实验结果表明,锡颗粒的最快喷射速度随粒径增大而显著增大.通过对微喷射形成过程的三维光滑粒子流体动力学方法数值模拟发现,大粒径锡颗粒之间存在较大的空隙结构,冲击波与空隙结构的相互作用诱导产生高速汇聚射流,空隙结构越大对应的喷射速度也越高.此外,通过研究不同粒径颗粒在复杂流场中的减速规律,进一步深化了对微喷射破碎后的颗粒尺度状态以及混合输运特性的认识.研究结果对于预测和分析冲击波加载微米颗粒群的微喷混合特性具有一定价值.     

Detection of Deposited Particles from the Backside of a Glass Plate

Microcontamination of product surfaces by deposited particles is an important problem in clean technologies. A most sensitive product to contamination by particles is a wafer during chip production. Therefore, methods for monitoring particle deposition on wafer surfaces have been developed in the last decade. A wafer with an unstructured and reflecting surface is inserted into the process equipment. After some time, depending on the process, this wafer is removed from the process equipment and is analysed with respect to the number of deposited particles using a wafer scanner. However, in situ particle detection in a process chamber is not possible with this technique. This would be possible if, instead of a monitor wafer, a transparent glass plate is mounted, e.g. in the housing of the process equipment. Then the illuminating and scattered light detection equipment can be mounted outside the process equipment. Since both the illuminating laser beam and the scattered light have to be transmitted through the glass plate, losses will occur, which will reduce the lower limit of detection with respect to particle size. In this article we estimate the detection possibilities theoretically and experimentally. A simple model based on Mie and vector scattering theory has been developed to describe the light-scattering behavior of a single spherical particle on a glass plate with random surface irregularities. The scattered light of individual particles of four particle sizes (1.03, 1.6, 2.92 and 4.23 μm) on the same glass surface and from the uncontaminated area of the glass plate was measured for unpolarized and normally incident light. The values of the scattered light from this model were compared with the experimental results. The comparison shows a reasonable agreement of the angular distribution of the scattered light. The developed model is used to predict the lower limit of detection for particles on a transparent surface. The theoretical estimations show that it should be possible to detect particles of a diameter down to 0.2 μm with the described measurement technique.     

Intercomparison of Inversion Algorithms for Particle‐Sizing Using Mie Scattering

The applicability of different inversion algorithms to retrieve a size distribution of particles in air from light scattering is examined. The investigation is focused on an optical measurement setup with an elliptical mirror as the main optical element. In order to evaluate the capabilities of the individual inversion methods, light scattering by spherical particles is simulated in the size ranges of 0.1 – 10 μm and 0.05 – 1 μm. The distribution of the particle diameters is modeled with three different parametric functions, i.e., RRSB, logarithmic‐normal and a more specific distribution from an ultrasonic nebulizer. Different kinds of noise, e.g., additive and/or multiplicative, are applied in different levels to the simulated scattering measurement to include real physical measurement conditions. The convergence properties of the scattering simulation are investigated with respect to the number of size classes, and thus, information concerning the size resolution required to simulate a measurement for a given particle size distribution is obtained. Further parameters of interest are the minimum angular resolution of the measurements, the number of size classes of the retrieved particle size distribution and the measured polarization of the scattered light.     

用椭偏法分析单波段及双波段兼容a－C：H增透膜

讨论了在单晶锗上为获得单波段（３～５μｍ）及双波段（３～５μｍ、８～１２μｍ）兼容ａ－Ｃ：Ｈ增透膜所必需的膜系设计，及用椭偏法对该膜进行的增透结果分析。结果表明，ａ－Ｃ：Ｈ膜是理想的红外增透膜。椭偏法对分析所制备的膜是否符合膜系设计要求及沉积工艺参数的确定具有重要意义。     

Study on the Relationship between Particle Size and Near Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopic Data

Since the particle size distribution is a critical parameter of pharmaceutical excipients used for tablet manufacturing by direct compression, the mean particle size of sieved sorbitol powder was studied by near‐infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (NIRDRS). The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the particle size (reciprocally proportional to the bulk density) on the reflectance spectrum. The effects of the particle characteristics on the spectral changes were described on the basis of the Kubelka‐Munk theory taking the scattering into consideration. A smaller particle size fraction was associated with a lower spectral value, and at the characteristic wavelength of 1584 nm a linear relationship was established for the particle size range from 125 to 670 μm. The diffuse reflectance measurement was sensitive to the particle characteristics, which offers a fast, non‐destructive alternative test method that can be applied after detailed calibration.     

A method for investigating the orientational behaviour of fibrous particles in gaseous flow

A method is described by which the angular orientation distribution of fibrous particles carried in a gaseous stream may be investigated. The method is based upon the interpretation of the spatial intensity distribution or scattering profile of laser light scattered by individual fibres. The scattering instrument used to capture the profiles is described, and the mathematical computation required to ascertain the orientation of each particle at the measurement point is detailed. Illustrative results are given for a study of airborne micromachined silicon particles of 12 μm length and 1.0 μm by 1.5 μm cross-section. The method is currently being employed by the authors to investigate ways of improving the orientation control over nonspherical particles in systems such as aerodynamic particle sizers and particle shape classifiers, since lack of particle orientation control is known to adversely affect the measurement accuracy of both these types of instrument.     

The effects of powder properties on in-flight particle velocity and deposition process during low pressure cold spray process

In cold spray process, impacting velocity and critical velocity of particles dominate the deposition process and coating properties for given materials. The impacting velocity and critical velocity of particles depend on the powder properties and cold spray conditions. In the present study, the in-flight particle velocity of copper powder in low pressure cold spraying was measured using an imaging technique. The effects of particle size and particle morphology on in-flight particle velocity and deposition efficiency were investigated. The critical velocity of copper powder was estimated by combining the in-flight particle velocity and deposition efficiency. The effect of annealing of feedstock powder on deposition and critical velocity was also investigated. The results showed that the irregular shape particle presents higher in-flight velocity than the spherical shape particle under the same condition. For irregular shape particles, the in-flight velocity decreased from 390 to 282 m/s as the particle size increases from 20 to 60 μm. Critical velocities of about 425 m/s and more than 550 m/s were estimated for the feedstock copper powder with spherical and irregular shape morphology, respectively. For the irregular shape particles, the critical velocity decreased from more than 550 to 460 m/s after preheating at 390 °C for 1 h. It was also found that the larger size powder presents a lower critical velocity in this study.     

Experimental and Numerical Study of Aerosol Coagulation by Gravitation

The behaviors of aerosols having particle diameters of 1–5 μm were studied experimentally and the results were compared with numerical calculations. For the experimental study, a specially designed coagulation cylinder was developed and the moment method was used in the numerical predictions. The experimental results were characterized by the size parameters including the geometric mean diameter (GMD), the geometric standard deviation (GSD) and the particle number concentration (N). Particle distributions in the cylinder were measured at certain time intervals. In a closed cylinder, the mechanism governing aerosol behavior appeared to be gravitational coagulation. Separately, the numerical calculations were carried out using the moment method. The experimental results and the numerical predictions were in reasonable agreement. It is believed that the present work represents the first experimental study on gravitational coagulation.     

高速数字全息测量乙醇喷雾火焰中液滴三维位置、粒径及蒸发率

喷雾蒸发燃烧的研究对指导发动机燃烧系统设计具有重要意义。本文搭建了高速数字全息系统,在线测量乙醇喷雾火焰中液滴的粒径、三维位置、速度及蒸发率。对喷雾火焰中的液滴进行了统计分析,得到液滴粒径及三维空间分布。燃烧喷雾场液滴的平均粒径为68μm;非燃烧火焰测试区液滴数量多且较密集,燃烧火焰测试区液滴数量少且稀疏.追踪单液滴并处理得到湍流火焰中液滴的运动轨迹及速度。通过研究粒径的平方D2随停留时间ts的变化,测得液滴平均蒸发率为-3.343×10-7 m2/s.     

Preparation and in vitro characterization of aerosol-deposited hydroxyapatite coatings with different surface roughnesses

Hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings with different surface roughnesses were deposited on a Ti substrate via aerosol deposition (AD). The effect of the surface roughness on the cellular response to the coating was investigated. The surface roughness was controlled by manipulating the particle size distribution of the raw powder used for deposition and by varying the coating thickness. The coatings obtained from the 1100 °C-heated powder exhibited relatively smooth surfaces, whereas those fabricated using the 1050 °C-heated powder had network-structured rough surfaces with large surface areas and were superior in terms of their adhesion strengths and in vitro cell responses. The surface roughness (R_a) values of the coatings fabricated using the 1050 °C-heated powder increased from approximately 0.65 to 1.03 μm as the coating thickness increased to 10 μm. The coatings with a rough surface had good adhesion to the Ti substrate, exhibiting high adhesion strengths ranging from 37.6 to 29.5 MPa, depending on the coating thickness. The optimum biological performance was observed for the 5 μm-thick HA coating with an intermediate surface roughness value of 0.82 μm.     

Laser Diffraction – Unlimited?

Within the past 20 years, particle size analysis with laser diffraction (LD) has been subject to rapid development, extending the size range stepwise from 1–200 μm to about 0.1–3500 μm. The limits of LD are discussed in terms of light sources, the influence of the beam diameter, special Fourier optics and a new detector design. It is shown that the size range is not only restricted by the wavelength of the laser and the transmission limits of the medium. Its extension is mainly related to improvements in the measurement of the angular intensity distribution. Influences from stability and flow dominate on the coarse side of the measuring range. On the fine side, the spatial extension of aerosols and the resulting demand for extended working distances can be covered only in a parallel laser beam. Extended Fourier optics in combination with an adapatable beam expansion technique and a detector with virtual borders between semicircular elements overcome the existing limits and extend the size range to a lower limit of about 0.05 μm and an upper limit above 10 mm. The sensititivity limit of LD is approaching that of single particle counting techniques. For medical spray and inhaler applications, a 0.1% optical concentration can be converted to particle size distributions even for time-resolved analyses with sample intervals of a few milliseconds. The reproducibility of the sensor, with a standard deviation typically much less than 0.5%, is no longer the limiting factor. The reproducibility of the results is mainly dominated by the reproducibility of sampling, sample splitting, dispersion and the contamination of the optical path. The latter can be improved by the control of flow, especially for in-line and inhaler applications.     

Experimental Study on Particle Size Distribution and Concentration Using Transmission Fluctuation Spectrometry with the Autocorrelation Technique

Based on the statistical characteristics of the transmission fluctuations in the particle suspension, transmission fluctuation spectrometry with autocorrelation (TFS‐AC) is described theoretically, with the assumptions of geometric ray propagation and completely absorbent particles in the suspension. The experiments presented here are realized in a focused Gaussian beam with the TFS‐AC technique. The acquisition of transmission fluctuation signals is achieved by using a high‐resolution digital oscilloscope. The transition function of TFS‐AC is obtained by varying the autocorrelation time. With a modified iterative Chahine inversion algorithm, solving a linear equation retrieves information on the particle size distribution and particle concentration. Some experimental results on spherical and non‐spherical particles are presented and discussed. The experiments cover a particle size range from 1μm to 1000 μm and a particle concentration of up to 12 %.     

Transient Response of Particle Distribution in a Chamber to Transient Particle Injection

We inject a large number of newly created nano‐particle aggregates into a chamber for the purpose of removing harmful contents in an indoor environment. This study is to experimentally and numerically investigate transient response of particle distributions to particle injections. A room‐sized chamber of 4 m × 2.1 m × 2.4 m is connected to a specially designed particle‐injection system, with two Optical Particle Counters used to simultaneously measure particle‐number densities with the size range from 0.3 μm to 10 μm at the inlet and in the chamber. A velocity probe measures the flow that is up to 1 m/s. An Euler‐type particulate‐phase‐transport model is developed and validated by comparing with experimental data. The study shows that the transient behavior of particle distributions is determined by many factors, including particle size, particle settling speed, sampling location, and velocity distribution. Particle number densities decrease in time more quickly for large particles than for small particles, and locations farther downstream in the chamber correlate more weakly with the inlet injection.     

A discrete droplet transport model for predicting spray coating patterns of an electrostatic rotary atomizer

Electrostatic spray (E-spray) coating is widely used for coating conductive substrates. The combination of a high-velocity shaping air, an imposed electric field and charged droplets, leads to higher transfer efficiency than conventional spray coating. In this paper, a mathematical model of droplet transport in E-spray is presented which enables simulating the coating deposition rate profile. A dilute spray assumption (no particle–particle interactions) allows modeling single-droplet trajectories resulting from a balance of electrostatic force, drag and inertia. Atomization of liquid droplets is not modeled explicitly—rather an empirical correlation is used for the mean droplet size while individual droplet sizes and starting locations are determined using random distributions. Strong coupling requires the electrostatic field and droplet trajectories be determined iteratively by successive substitution with relaxation. The influences of bell-cup voltage and atomization constant on the coating deposition rate profile, mass transfer efficiency and droplet trajectories are also shown. Using individually predicted droplet trajectories and impact locations, a static coating deposition rate profiles is determined. For the parametric values considered in this paper, the predicted spray is a cone hollow with no deposition in the center, a heavy ring near the center, and a tapering of thickness toward the outer edge.