Synthesis and characterization of tremolite asbestos fibres

European Journal of Mineralogy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1027-1033

  Bloise, Andrea ^a   Fornero, Elisa ^b   Belluso, Elena ^a,c   Barrese, Eugenio ^d   Rinaudo, Caterina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DSC TG characterization; Micro Raman; SEM EDS; Synthetic tremolite asbestos; TEM EDS; XRPD

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-RAMAN; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEM-EDS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; TEM-EDS; XRPD;

FIBERS;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREMOLITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 58149280788     PISSN: 09351221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1838     Document Type: Article

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