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Nanoparticles of synthetic amorphous silica (SAS) are produced in large quantities worldwide (1 million metric tons/year) and they have numerous industrial uses. SASs can be broken down into two main types depending…

Because of their ability to measure short-term fluctuations, photometers are increasingly used for real-time aerosol characterization in workplace atmospheres. Despite the need for a custom calibration factor to obtain more accurate mass…

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Thermal spraying is a process during which a coating is applied at high temperature and at high speed onto a metal object, for the purposes, for example, of producing a surface that is more resistant to corrosion…

To identify traces of airborne beryllium in workplaces sampled on a support, the ICP-MS analysis method was compared to the most sensitive current methods (electro-thermal atomic absorption spectrometry [ETAAS], molecular fluorescence). A laboratory-based…

Thermal spraying (TS) is a surface treatment process, which enables different types of material (metals, metal alloys, ceramics and even plastics) to be deposited on various substrates. The coating product, in wire or powder form, is melted by a heat…

Cascade impactors make it possible to collect particles according to their aerodynamic diameter and therefore to determine, by gravimetric analysis, the mass particle size distribution of aerosols over wide size ranges (submicron to micrometric…

For some years, the characterization of workers' exposure to airborne metallic ultrafine particles (UFP) has been an increasing issue. Many industrial processes may generate UFP, which are characterized by constituent particle diameter less…

This method describes the Active sampling on a device for inhalable fraction equipped with a PVC support and the analysis by plasma emission spectrometry of the substance(s): Cadmium, Nickel, Lead, Manganese

For some years, the characterization of workers' exposure to airborne metallic ultrafine particles (UFP) has been an increasing issue because of their effects on health, and as many activities are potentially concerned (welding, oxycutting, 3D…

This method describes the active sampling with a Mini-MOUDI 135-8 cascade impactor and the analysis by gravimetry and/or plasma emission spectrometry of the substance(s): Metals and metalloids"