The first commercial laser diffraction analyzer, Microtrac (Model 7991) was sold in the U.S. It had a measuring range of 2 to 176 microns and measured particles only as an aqueous slurry. An on-line particle size monitor (7981) was introduced that same year.  Additional pioneering advance to add particle channel sizes and distribution capability to these ground breaking products was introduced in 1975.

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