Electron microscopy studies of silica fume emission from a silicon smelter in southern Tasmania, Australia

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1024-1034

  Cunningham, Elizabeth A ^a   Jablonski, Wieslaw ^a   Todd, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

aggregates; primary particles; silica fume; size distributions; transmission electron microscope (TEM); ultrafine aerosol

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FUME; PARTICLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SMELTER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029905120     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014369     Document Type: Article

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