A set of 270 bioaerosol samples was collected among 15 composting facilities using 37 mm closed-face sampling cassettes. The aim of the study was to investigate the endotoxin deposits on the inner cassette walls during sampling and to the issue…
This work focuses on the determination of airborne particle average size based on the simultaneous measurement of their number and lung-deposited surface area concentrations. In the absence of real-time size-resolved instruments, this…
This document reports the design and characterization of a versatile aerosol generation facility (CAIMAN).
This setup is capable of producing stable and reproducible polydisperse nanoaerosols or classified airborne nanoparticles (1) made…
This work aim was to develop a modular programme allowing the inversion of data stemming from cascade impactors based on the mass (or any quantity) collected on each impaction stage. Through a precise description of the collection efficiency…
In the course of their work, building and construction workers can be exposed to inhalation of asbestos fibres. To find out more, in 2012, INRS conducted a campaign of measurements making it possible to evaluate the exposure of plumbing & heating…
Members of an international standards working group for silica measurement (ISO/TC146/SC2/WG7 Silica) have collaborated to assess the differences between analytical approaches for the analysis of respirable crystalline silica (RCS). In addition…
Effective density is considered as a key characteristic of airborne nanoparticles due to its role in particle deposition in the human respiratory tract and in the conversion of number distributions to mass distributions. Because it cannot…
Within the framework of the Italian National Programme for Antarctic Research (PNRA), the first direct gravimetric measurements of size-segregated aerosol fractions were carried out at Faraglione Camp (Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea), during the 2014-2015…