Characterization of airborne dust from two nonferrous foundries by physico-chemical methods and multivariate statistical analyses

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 450-457

  Michaud, Daniel ^a   Baril, Marcel ^a   Dion, Chantal ^b   Perrault, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Inst Rech Sante Securite T Q   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALUMINUM PLANTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COPPER SMELTING; FOUNDRIES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AEROSOL CHEMISTRY; AIRBORNE DUST; CASCADE IMPACTORS; CLOSED CASSETTES; COPPER SMELTER; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NONFERROUS FOUNDRIES; PHYSICO CHEMICAL METHODS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOUNDRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030152730     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.1996.10467478     Document Type: Article

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