Method, use, device and cartridge for enlarging aerosol particles

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for enlarging particles of an aerosol and to the use of an operating agent for producing a supersaturated vapor. In a method for enlarging particles (1) of an aerosol (2), the particles (1) come into contact with a supersaturated vapor (3). A sulfoxide or a sulfone such as dimethyl sulfoxide or dimethyl sulfone is used to produce the supersaturated vapor (3). These substances are non-flammable, non-hazardous to health, non-hazardous to the environment and therefore easy to handle. There is no odor nuisance or climatic damage. The same particle counting efficiencies are achieved as with the commonly used butanol as an operating agent.

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