dust collector

in atmospheric chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01868
A device for
monitoring
dust emissions. Also the equipment used to remove and collect dust from process exhaust gases; this may employ simply
sedimentation
(dustfall jars, coated slides, papers, etc.), inertial separation (cyclones, impactors, impingers, etc.),
precipitation
(thermal and electrostatic) or
filtration
.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2185 [Terms] [Paper]