Dustiness test of nanopowders using a standard rotating drum with a modified sampling train

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-131

  Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^a   Wu, Chien Hsien ^a   Leu, Ming Long ^a   Chen, Sheng Chieh ^a   Huang, Cheng Yu ^a   Tsai, Perng Jy ^b   Ko, Fu Hsiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerosol instrument; Aerosol sampling; Dustiness; EHS; Nanoparticle; Nanotechnology; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INSTRUMENT; AEROSOL SAMPLING; DUSTINESS; EHS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

AEROSOLS; AGGLOMERATION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; GAS DYNAMICS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SHIFTERS; ROTATION; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; STANDARDS; TESTING; ZINC OXIDE;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; DUST; FLOW RATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 58149190162     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-008-9453-5     Document Type: Article

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