Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, Vol.20, No.2, 94-103, 2003
The fundamentals of particle size analysis by transmission fluctuation spectrometry. Part 3: A theory on transmission fluctuations in a gaussian beam and with signal filtering
A transmission signal measured on a flowing suspension of particles with a high spatial and temporal resolution shows significant fluctuations, which contain the complete information on particle size distribution and particle concentration. In Parts 1 and 2, the basic properties of signal fluctuations were studied for temporal averaging by a gliding time window and for spatial averaging by a circular beam of uniform intensity. However, the experimental implementation of such conditions is difficult. Now, the theory is extended for Gaussian beams of variable diameter and averaging by signal filtering in the frequency domain. provides the basis for an experimental implementation by transmission of a laser beam and analog signal processing by an array of low pass filters.
Keywords:expectancy of the transmission square;particle size analysis;transmission fluctuation spectrometry