HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ANALYSE THE IMPACT OF AIR QUALITY ON SOCIETY – REVIEW OF MODERN MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS: PARTICULATES

The article discusses modern measurement techniques and equipment designed
for air quality analysis. The problem of the quality of atmospheric and indoor air
is strongly related to broadly understood public health. Modern measurement
techniques allow faster and more effective assessments of the air quality condition
in a given place. The paper discusses the structure, measurement method of solid
pollutants and automatic measurement systems deploying the micro-oscillatory
balance method, using the interaction of ionizing radiation with matter-suppression
of beta radiation and gamma radiation spectrometry, optical methods based on
light scattering on particles of particular matter and systems combining more
than one method. Technical solutions introduced by manufacturers of measuring
equipment, which allow more precise measurement of gaseous pollutants, were
also discussed.

