ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 19430 First edition 2016-12-15 Particle size analysis Particle tracking analysis (PTA) method Analyse granulométrique -Methode d'analyse de suivi de particule (PTA) Reference number ISO 19430:2016(E) ISO Intemational Organization for Standardization IS02016 No reproduction or itted without license from IHS IS019430:2016(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS02016,Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISo copyright office Ch.de Blandonnet 8.CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +4122 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org etworking permitted without license from IHS IS0 19430:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction.. ... 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms ..4 5 Principles .4 5.1 General. 4 5.2 Key physical parameters. .5 5.3 Detection limits .5 5.3.1 Lower sizelimit .5 5.3.2 Upper size limit. 6 5.3.3 Sample and sampling volume .6 5.3.4 Maximum particle number concentration. 6 5.3.5 Minimum particle number concentration .7 5.4 Measurementprecisionanduncertainties .7 5.4.1 General .7 5.4.2 Measurement precision .7 5.4.3 Size range. .8 5.4.4 Counting efficiency 5.4.5 Sizing accuracy .9 5.4.6 Size resolution. .9 6 Apparatus. .10 7 Procedure .11 7.1 General .11 7.2 Sample preparation ..12 7.3 Instrument set-up and initialisation ..12 7.4 Measurement .13 7.4.1 Sample delivery .13 7.4.2 Sampleillumination ..13 7.4.3 Particle imaging and tracking ..14 7.4.4 Track analysis .14 7.5 Results evaluation .14 7.5.1 General. .14 7.5.2 Particlesizeevaluation .14 7.5.3 Distribution analysis. ..14 7.5.4 Data analysis and reporting ..14 8 System qualification and quality control .15 8.1 General .15 8.2 Systeminstallationrequirements .15 8.3 System maintenance .15 8.4 Systemoperation .15 8.5 System qualification. ..16 9 Data recording ..17 10 Test report. .17 Annex A (informative) Theory ..20 AnnexB (informative)Apparatus settings and best practice .23 Bibliography .25 ntemainal oganzation @s1S.2016 - All rights reserved iii d without license from IHS