Contact Information: Contact: Daryl L. Roberts 651-287-8110 MSP Corporation 5910 Rice Creek Parkway, Suite 300 Shoreview, Minnesota 55126, U. S. A. Phone: 651.287.8100 Fax: 651.287.8140 www.mspcorp.com
SHOREVIEW, MN--(Marketwire - August 8, 2008) - MSP is proud to announce that its wide-range
particle spectrometers, the only ones of their kind in the world, are
delivering precise, accurate data about air pollution in and around Beijing
in conjunction with the Summer Olympics.
In advance of the Olympics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and
Shandong University, working with Chinese environmental authorities,
implemented MSP's Model 1000XP Wide-Range Particle Spectrometers to measure
airborne particles before, during and after the Games in central, upwind
and downwind locations in the city.
MSP's M-1000XP Wide-Range Particle Spectrometer is a unique
particle-measuring instrument that uses laser light scattering,
differential mobility analysis and condensation particle counting to
measure and sort aerosol particles as small as 10 nanometers into 120
different size channels. Ten nanometers is the size of the smallest known
virus, or roughly 1/10,000th the thickness of a human hair. Researchers
will use these data to learn about particle formation and growth in
different locations in Beijing.
In its bid for the Summer Games, the Beijing Olympic Committee pledged to
adhere to environmental standards that included air quality measurements,
and they have made a concerted effort to meet those standards, including
controlling dust, gas emissions from motor vehicles and industrial and
coal-burning pollution. Some motor vehicles in Beijing have been removed
from the roads, construction has been curtailed and key enterprises have
been asked to limit emissions.
The Wide-Range Particle Spectrometer was developed by a team of scientists
and engineers at MSP, an aerosol/particle technology company based in
Shoreview, MN. The instrument is used by researchers worldwide for highly
precise and accurate airborne particle measurement in air pollution studies
and laboratory research.
About MSP
MSP Corporation is a global, applied aerosol/particle technology company
providing advanced instruments, products and services to the semiconductor,
pharmaceutical and air monitoring industries. MSP is known around the world
for advanced aerosol particle control, offering advanced, novel solutions
to complex aerosol problems involving the generation, deposition, sampling
and/or measurement of nano and micro particles from 10nm to 100 µm in size.
Well-conceived displays, features and interfaces are combined with our
advanced technology. MSP was incorporated in the State of Minnesota in 1985
and has product distribution in Europe, Asia and across the United States,
Canada and South America.
