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Particle Measurement

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

Rupprecht & Patashnick Co. Inc.'s TEOM Series 1100 particulate mass monitor is a device that provides measurements of exceptional sensitivity and accuracy. Deriving from skylab, this monitor has applications in such areas as evaluation of diesel exhaust, dust concentration, smoke measurement and other situations wherein particulate matter in gas streams must be measured and weighed.