impinger
- noun
- Specialized
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impinger
- The vacuum pump was turned on, and room air was drawn through the impinger for five minutes.
- impinger sampling method
- liquid impinger
- impinger solution
Examples
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The study reported here performed side-by-side endotoxin sampling using a liquid impinger, a glass fiber filter, and a polycarbonate filter in a wastewater treatment plant.
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Prior to sampling, all impingers were dry-heat sterilized for one hour at 250°C.
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Then the room air system was turned briefly off while the impinger was pulled back through the wall access panel.
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Results show levels of detected endotoxin appear to be highest with the impinger.
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The data given in Table 1 also show that the highest endotoxin levels were obtained with the impinger sampling method.
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In these tests, impingers were used to sample, as was done in the experiments.
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The impingers sampled the air at five, 25, and 45 minutes after the bacteria spray stopped.
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The particulate phase was captured on the CFP, and any Cd that passed through the CFP was collected in the impinger.
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The distal end of the impinger tubing was attached, outside the room, to an Erlenmeyer flask; it was used as a trap.
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The researchers used an impinger to analyze the airborne particles in the laboratory.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impinger comes from the verb impinge, which meant 'to push into' and is related to impact ('a hit or force'). In science, an impinger is a device that forces air particles into a liquid or filter to collect them, so it literally 'pushes' particles into a collector.
