Abstract
The design and experimental characterization of a condensation nucleus counter (CNC) is presented. The counter produces supersaturation by means of fast volume-controlled adiabatic expansion. The aerosol number concentration is derived from observing scattered laser light in the forward direction under a solid angle between 1.1° and 4.4° over the full annular sector. The number concentration is derived by application of Mie theory from the characteristic pattern in the temporal evolution of the detected signal during the droplet growth process. The equation for calculation of the aerosol number density by this method is presented. Theoretical considerations for the smallest aerosol particles that can be activated indicate a lower size cut-off between 2.5 and 3.0 nm. Model calculations of the expected Mie scatter signal during expansion agree very well with the experimental observations. The Expansion-CNC can be operated fully automated under computer (PC) control in 10-second sample cycles. For characteri...
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