摘要 |
A flow cell for obtaining information on particles suspended in sample fluid, wherein an irradiation region M is defined in the flow cell for functioning as a particle detection portion to be irradiated with a laser beam La, and a wall portion of the flow cell is so adapted and arranged that the laser beam La becomes incident upon an outer wall surface of the flow cell 1 at a predetermined angle theta1 (theta1<> 0°) and exits from an inner wall surface 5b of the flow cell 1 into the sample fluid 6 at a refraction angle 0°.Further the wall portion 5 of the flow cell 1 is so arranged that the laser beam La becomes incident upon a boundary surface between the sample fluid and the opposite inner wall surface of the flow cell 1 at a predetermined incident angle alpha (alpha<> 0°) after being incident upon the sample fluid and passing through the irradiation region M.
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