Laser Diffraction: A size determination

technique
Andrés Esteban Ocampo Gómez
Juan Esteban Novoa Grosso
Daniel Esteban Rincón Hernández
Joahn Eduardo Quintero Muñoz
 It measures through the
Particle diameter and angular variation when
wavelenght of incident laser beam passes
light through a sample of

Laser particles

diffraction Light Scattering

(Diffraction-like
Phenomena).

Lasers
assuming a sphere
between 405-
model equivalent.
570nm.
Mie
dispersion. size is comparable
to the wavelength,
Require Refraction
index.
the dispersion is
uniform.
 It have a huge size range (submicrometric –
millimetric)

Quick measurements

Why do we
use this Repeatability

method?
High sample throughput

Easy verification with standard reference materials.

 • To determine the size accurately
and precisely in the micrometric
region.

• On industries like
When do we use pharmaceutical, glasses, poultry
and concrete.
this method?
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