MICRO PARTICLES BASED ON POLYSTYRENE

Synonym(s): Latex beads from PS;Monodisperse polystyrene latex particles (2 μm);Monodisperse polystyrene latex particles (3 μm), monodisperse polystyrene microbeads (3 μm), monodisperse polystyrene microspheres (3 μm);Monodisperse polystyrene latex particles (4 μm), monodisperse polystyrene microbeads (4 μm), monodisperse polystyrene microspheres (4 μm);Size standards

Molecular Weight: 0
MDL number: MFCD00243243
Update Date: 2023-04-23 13:52:06

What is MICRO PARTICLES BASED ON POLYSTYRENE?

The Uses of MICRO PARTICLES BASED ON POLYSTYRENE

Used to test the performance of particle sizers and particle counters.
Monodisperse polystyrene latex particles are also used to calibrate:

Airy Disc First Fringe (ADFF) analysis method based on size measurements
Aerosol instruments

The Uses of MICRO PARTICLES BASED ON POLYSTYRENE

Used to calibrate, validate and monitor the performance of particle sizers, surface scanning equipment and particle counters.
Monodisperse polystyrene latex particles are also used to investigate their effect on laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) emissions.

The Uses of MICRO PARTICLES BASED ON POLYSTYRENE

Used to calibrate, qualify and monitor the performance of particle size analyzers, surface scanning instruments and particle counters.
Monodisperse polystyrene latex particles can also be used to:

investigate their impact on freshwater algae
study their influence on the toxicity of triphenyltin (TPT) to the marine diatom phytoplankton species
profile their interaction with cyanobacteria in marine and freshwater environments

General Description

Monodisperse polystyrene based micro particles (size: 4.0 μm) are a size standard, designed to identify the particle size distribution (PSD) of test samples.