Morphological and chemical characteristics of airborne tungsten particles of Fallon, Nevada

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 296-303

  Sheppard, Paul R ^a   Toepfer, Paul ^b   Schumacher, Elaine ^b   Rhodes, Kent ^b   Ridenour, Gary ^c   Witten, Mark L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b MCCRONE ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airborne particles; Automated electron microprobe analysis; Cobalt; Fallon; Nevada; Transmission electron microscopy; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547159191     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927607070237     Document Type: Article

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