Characterizing particles in airborne dust by image analysis

JOM

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 58-61

  Petruk, W ^a,c   Skinner, H C W ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE DUSTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS (EDS); LIZARDITE; TREMOLITE;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH RISKS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TALC; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

MINE DUST;

EID: 0031119193     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02914879     Document Type: Review

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