Thermo Scientific Partisol 2000i Instruction Manual page 55

Filter Handling and
Initial Inspection
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Chapter 3
Filter Handling and Exchange
This section explains how to perform the initial inspection and the
equilibrium and weighing (before and after sampling) of the 47 mm filters
used in the Partisol 2000i and 2000i-D Samplers. This section also
describes how to insert and remove the filter cassettes in the Sampler, and
calculate the 24-hour mass concentration average, as found in the U.S. EPA
2.12 Quality Assurance Handbook, Volume II Part II Section 7: Filter
Preparation and Analysis, Section 8 Field Operation and Section 11:
Calculations, Validation and Reporting of PM
filter log on Page 12-10
For details, see the following topics:
"Filter Handling and Initial
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"Pre-Sampling Filter
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"Pre-Sampling Filter
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"Filter Exchange" on page
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"Post Collection Equilibration" on page
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"Post Collection Weighing" on page
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"Computation of Mass
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The Partisol 2000i can be configured to sample a wide range of ambient
PM sizes, including TSP, PM
proper filter material be used when collecting different PM size ranges as
certain filter materials are required for different types of sampling.
The only filter media currently approved by the U.S. EPA for reference
method sampling of PM
m pore-size Teflon filter. These filters can be purchased from Thermo
Fisher Scientific in the following form:
PTFE (Teflon) filters, 2.0 m pore size, box of 50 (10-002322-0050)
You may use other filters or materials for other types of sampling,
depending upon local regulations. For example, the U.S. EPA allows the
2.5
for record keeping.
Inspection" on page
Equilibration" on page
Weighing" on page 3-3
3-5
3-10
3-10
Concentration" on page
, PM , and PM
10 2.5
and PM fractions is a 47 mm diameter, 2
2.5 coarse
Partisol 2000i and Partisol 2000i-D Instruction Manual
Monitoring Data. Use the
3-1
3-2
3-11
. It is important that the
1
3-1