Accession Number:

AD0869300

Title:

Homogeneous Bacterial Aerosols Produced with a Spinning Disk Aerosol Generator

Descriptive Note:

Technical manuscript

Corporate Author:

FORT DETRICK FREDERICK MD

Personal Author(s):

• Harstad, J. B.
• Filler, Melvin E.
• Hushen, William T.
• Decker, Herbert M.

Report Date:

1970-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

Homogeneous bacterial aerosols with median diameters between 1 and 4 microns and geometric standard deviations averaging 1.1 were produced with a commercial spinning disk aerosol generator from aqueous suspensions of Bacillus subtilis var. niger spores containing various amounts of dextran to regulate the aerosol particle size.

Descriptors:

• *BACTERIAL AEROSOLS
• PRODUCTION
• SPORES
• CALIBRATION
• AEROBIOLOGY
• AEROSOL GENERATORS
• PARTICLE SIZE
• BACILLUS SUBTILIS

Subject Categories:

• Microbiology
• Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering and Control of Production Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE