5210 | Fast Condensation Particle Counter

From small to large

A straight through sample path with no turns or bends ensures that large particles are able to reach the detector without losses through impaction, whilst also growing and counting particles as small as 5 nanometres.

Fast response

The 5210 CPC has a response time quicker than 100 ms (T10-90%; T63 (τ) < 50 ms, with data output up to 20 Hz) for monitoring rapidly changing environments, or for scanning applications.

Easy to use

The 5210 is controlled from the built in touch screen, via a web interface or can be integrated into your own experimental control via Ethernet, USB or RS232 via an open command set.

All main controls are easily accessible from the main screen — with no need to enter submenus to start the pump or measurement.

There are visual and audible alerts for butanol bottle refill and sample flow out of range.

Warmup time is less than 10 minutes.

Integrated pump & reliable flow rate control

The 5210 has a built in sample pump, and active flow control. The pump can be configured to start automatically once warmed up.

The CPC clearly reports the temperature and pressure at which the concentration measurement was taken, and also provides automatic conversion to any set of standard conditions.

The user can select from several aerosol carrier gases (air, nitrogen, argon or carbon dioxide) such that the flows (and hence concentration) will be correct for that gas.

Innovative fluid management

The 5210 is of a wickless, low saturator volume design, and the small volume of fluid present in the instrument can be recovered on every shutdown if required, removing the need for lengthy "draining and drying" before transporting. The resistance to flooding caused by tipping, along with the ability to run from DC power, makes it ideal for mobile operation. It consumes as little as 1 ml of butanol per hour, and around 60% of this is recovered in a waste bottle, rather than being pumped out of the exhaust in the environment as a vapour.

Variable size cut selection

The 5210 supports different configuration files to allow variable size cuts.

• General aerosol laboratory use

• Size and mass scans up to the multi-micron size range as part of SASS or M²AS

• Tyre and brake particles (which can be in the multi-micron size range)

• Bio-aerosols and viral transmission (which can be in the multi-micron size range)

• Cleanrooms

Use as part of the SASS or M²AS

The extended upper size range of the 5210 makes it ideal to pair with an Aerodynamic Aerosol Classifier to form a Scanning Aerodynamic Size Spectrometer (SASS), or as part of the Mass and Mobility Aerosol Spectrometer (M²AS). It offers plug and play use with the AAC, M²AS and CPMA over USB, Ethernet or RS232: