Description

The Air-O-Cell® sampling cassette is designed for the rapid collection of a wide range of airborne aerosols including mold spores, pollen, insect parts, skin cells, fibers (e.g. asbestos, fiberglass, cellulose, etc.) and inorganic particulate.

For collecting particles, Air-O-Cell® uses slit impaction as the method of collection. Airborne particles pulled through the cassette are accelerated as they approach and drawn through a small slit aimed directly at a glass slide holding the sampling media. Air velocity forces the particles to impact into the sticky and optically clear sampling media which can permanently collect and hold particles. After sampling, the entire cassette is transported to a laboratory where the glass slide is removed and analyzed.

Air-O-Cell® can be used with any standard off-the-shelf area sampling pump capable of drawing 15 LPM open flow.

Air-O-Cell® User Manual (PDF)