Concept: Ultra Fine Particles (UFPs) - recommended unit: particles.cm-3 in the pollutant vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/aq/pollutant/6003
Preferred label	Ultra Fine Particles (UFPs) - recommended unit: particles.cm-3
Definition	Ultra Fine Particles (UFPs) means particles with a diameter less than or equal to 100 nanometers (10^-9 m), where UFP are measured as the particle number concentrations per cubic centimetre for a size range with a lower limit of 10 nm and for a size range with no restriction on the upper limit
Notation	UFPs
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2022-03-24
Accepted Date	2022-03-24
Not Accepted Date
Scope note	Added by Jaume Targa
Recommended unit	particles.cm-3 (particles.cm-3) in uom/concentration
Measurement equipment	GRIMM-CPC5412 (GRIMM CPC model 5412 Standard Condensation Particle Counter) in aq/measurementequipment GRIMM-CPC5420 (GRIMM-CPC5420 Scanning Mobility Particle Counter and Sizer) in aq/measurementequipment GRIMM-SMPS+C420 (Model 5420 SMPS+C Scanning Mobility Particle Counter and Sizer) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3031 (TSI Ultrafine Particle Monitor 3031) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3080SMPS (TSI Electrostatic Classifier 3080) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3550NSAM (TSI Nanoparticle Surface Area Monitor 3550) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3750CPC (TSI Condensation Particle Counter 3750) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3752CPC (TSI model 3752 High Concentration Condensation Particle Counter) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3772CPC (TSI Condensation Particle Counter 3772) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3775CPC (TSI model 3775 Condensation Particle Counter) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3776UCPC (TSI Ultrafine Condensation Particle Counter (UCPC) Model 3776) in aq/measurementequipment TSI3783 (TSI3783) in aq/measurementequipment
Mandatory unit	particles.cm-3 (particles.cm-3) in uom/concentration