DEVICE FOR COLLECTING AND SEPARATING PARTICLES AND MICROORGANISMS PRESENT IN THE AMBIENT AIR

摘要

Device for collecting and separating particles and microorganisms present in the ambient air, comprising intake means (36, 38) for taking air into a removable centrifugation chamber (10) forming a container for transporting a liquid specimen containing the collected particles and microorganisms, this chamber being selected from a set of chambers having different diameters corresponding to intake rates of between about 100 and 2000 litres per minute, these rates being achieved with the same intake means.