Air sampling methodologies for sulfuric acid mist in copper electrowinning: Field evaluation and development of a new method

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1041-1046

  Hethmon, Thomas A ^a   Ludlow, Shawn K ^b  

^a Phelps Dodge   (United States)

^b DataChem Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALUMINUM; COBALT; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; FERROUS ION; MANGANESE; POLYPROPYLENE; SULFATE; SULFURIC ACID;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACTION; FILTER; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; METAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031423779     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047322X.1997.10390646     Document Type: Article

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