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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Occup Hyg. 2010 Apr 23;54(4):427–442. doi: 10.1093/annhyg/meq029

Table 4.

Aspiration efficiency by sampler orientation and particle bounce condition

0° down (entrance perpendicular to horizon) 30° down (entrance tilted 30 below the horizon) Single
pore, 30°
down
Aerodynamic
diameter (μm)
Bounce:
all
surfaces
(%)
No bounce
from outside
of cassette
(%)
No bounce
except at
pore walls
(%)
No
bounce: all
surfaces
(%)
Bounce:
all
surfaces
(%)
No bounce
from outside
of cassette
(%)
No bounce
except at
pore walls
(%)
No
bounce: all
surfaces
(%)
Bounce:
all
surfaces
(%)
6 100 100 59 59 100 100 58 59 99
12.5 102 102 40 34 101 101 41 35 99
25 102 102 38 23 98 97 34 20 96
50 98 98 31 12 90 82 27 10 88
75 92 92 25 8 62 55 16 5 65
90 85 84 20 5 47 39 12 2 48
100 76 75 18 3 32 27 8 1 33