Measurement of a continuous distribution of spherical particles by intensity correlation spectroscopy: Analysis by cumulants
- 1 September 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 61 (5), 2134-2138
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1682225
Abstract
This paper presents the measurement and analysis of a continuous distribution of spherical particles by intensity correlation spectroscopy. The method of cumulants is used for the analysis. The first three cumulants are calculated and compared for Gaussian and rectangular distributions of particle sizes. The method is used to characterize a continuous distribution of polystyrene latex spheres (PSL). The results of these light scatteringmeasurements are compared to electron microscope data for the same sample of PSL. The results agree with each other to within the experimental error.Keywords
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