• KFMT/ Liquid NanoParticle Sizer (LNS) System Model 9310

    KFMT/ Liquid NanoParticle Sizer (LNS) System Model 9310


    Measuring the size and concentration of particles in colloidal suspensions is a challenge, particularly for suspensions with particles smaller than 100 nm. Kanomax FMT offers a solution that outperforms all other measurement methods — the Liquid NanoParticle Sizer system (LNS). The LNS provides outstanding size measurement capabilities in a small integrated instrument system. The LNS is an excellent choice for measuring particle size distributions in semiconductor Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) slurries.
    The LNS is a fully integrated three-stage system incorporating a NanoParticle Nebulizer (NPN), an Annular Flow Ion Mobility Classifier (AFIMC) and a Fast Condensation Particle Counter (FastCPC) to measure particles as small as 5 nm.。


    • Features and Advantages
    • Specifications
    • Applications

    ◆ Characteristic

    ◆ Size Nano Colloids Precisely and Quickly


    ○ 6 – 360 nm measurement range in under 5 minutes

    ○ Actual quantitative concentrations

    ○ Any particle, any shape, any composition, any distribution (including multimodal)

    ○ Great for CMP slurry, resin rinse, bio-pharma and filter characterization, monitoring and control


    ◆ Industry Recognition


    ○ C79-0113 Guide to Evaluate the Efficacy of Sub-15 nm Filters Used in Ultrapure Water (UPW) Distribution Systems

    ○ C93-0217 Guide for Determining the Quality of Ion Exchange Resin Used in Polish Applications of Ultrapure Water Systems

    ○ C98-1219 Guide for Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) Particle Size Distribution (PSD) Measurement and Reporting Used in Semiconductor Manufacturing


    ◆ Integrated Software Platform - Kanolysis


    ○ Patent numbers 8,272,253 and 8,573,034 have been issued to CTA and licensed by Kanomax

    ○ Patent number 7,852,465 has been issued to Kanomax

    ○ Kanomax has applied for additional domestic and international patents for technology contained within the LNS System.

    1 year warranty


    ◆ Advantage


    ○ Combines proven techniques (used by NIST, USA and AIST, Japan) for counting and sizing aerosol size distributions with a unique nebulizer technology to successfully measure particle size and number concentration in concentrated liquid suspensions.

    ○ Offers greater accuracy, better precision, and improved resolution in CMP slurry size-measurement results (used extensively in the semiconductor industry).

    ○ Straightforward data inversion without complex inversion routines, assumptions or size calibrations. The software can identify each particle-size mode and assigns a cumulative size at 10%, 50% and 90% of the distribution. Changes in the size of a specific mode can be easily monitored with these size statistics.

    ○ Does not make assumptions about the shape of the particle size distributions and measures actual number concentrations not relative particle concentrations.

    ○ In SEMI C92 the LNS is used to determine the quality of ion exchange resin. In SEMI C79 the LNS evaluates the efficiency of sub-15 nanometer filters used in ultrapure water distribution systems. No other particle instrumentation is capable of making the required measurements described by SEMI C79.


    KFMT/ Liquid NanoParticle Sizer (LNS) System Model 9310
    Particle size range 6-360 nm
    Particle size resolution 64 channels per decade of size
    Measurement time <5 minutes
    Inspection volume rate 0.2-1.0 μL/min
    Total liquid sample flow rate (online) 50-280 mL/min
    bulizer flow rate 0.5-3.0 mL/min (direct injection)
    Dilution factor range 50-20,000
    Colloid concentration range (post dilution) 3E7-3E11 number/mL
    Response time to concentration change <90 seconds
    Inlet water pressure (online) 140-300 kPa (20-45 psig)
    Compressed air flow rate/pressure 2.5 std L/min CDA or Nitrogen 2.8 bar (50-60 psi)
    Wetted surfaces (before nebulization) PFA, PTFE, sapphire, 316L stainless steel, PEEK
    CPC working fluid n-butyl alcohol (butanol)
    I/O Communications Ethernet, internal memory
    Power requirements 100/115/220/240 VAC; 50-60 Hz
    Operating temperature 10-35°C
    Operating humidity 0-90% RH non-condensing
    Storage temperature 5-35°C
    Dimensions 9.5 × 8 × 36 inches (D/W/H)
    Software – computer operating system Windows 10

    ◆ Applications



    • wafer fab manufacturing (Advanced Technologies)
    • Chemical Monitoring
    • Filter Characterization
    • Bio-Pharma
    • R&D institute
    • counting and sizing aerosol size distributions in advanced industry and demand