Rion KL-04, Instruction Manual

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Specifi cations
Optical system Light-obscuration method
Light source Laser diode (rated output: 3 mW, wavelength: 780 nm)
Laser product classifi cation
Class 1, IEC 60825-1 (2001)
Class 3B laser is used in the internal particle detection mecha-
nism.
Light detector PIN type photodiodes
Materials of component parts exposed to sample fl uid
Sampling tube: PFA, (SUS304 is option)
Sensor area: Synthetic quartz, PFA, perfl uoro (fl uorocarbon rubber)
Syringe pump: Borosilicate Glass, Kel-F (PCTFE), PTFE, PFA
Tube / Packing / Connector: PTFE, PCTFE
Sample container plate: Polyacetal
Allowable fl uid type Fluids which do not cause corrosion to the parts in contact with the
fl uid
Calibration Using polystyrene latex (PSL) particles (refractive index 1.6) in
pure water
Minimum particle size 1.3 µm
Measurable particle size
1.3 to 100 µm (when using PSL particles in pure water)
Particle size division Selectable arbitrarily from 1 to 20 channels
Counting effi ciency 100±5% (when measuring PSL particles of 10 µm in pure water and
comparing the count of more than 5 µm with a reference unit)
Sample fl ow rate 25 mL / min (10 mL / min is factory option)
Maximum particle number concentration
10000 particles / mL (when the counting loss is 10% in the vicinity
of 10 µm PSL particles in pure water)
Sensor resolution Less than or equal to 10% (in the vicinity of 10 µm PSL particles
in pure water)
Threshold accuracy Within 5% (when particle number concentration is less than 6000
particles / mL in the vicinity of 10 µm and 15 µm PSL particles in
pure water)
Flow rate accuracy Within 2% (when measuring 10 mL volume)
Sample volume accuracy
Within 2% (when measuring 10 mL volume)