Generation of Airborne Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Inhalation Studies

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 881-890

  Fujitani, Yuji ^a   Furuyama, Akiko ^a   Hirano, Seishiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AERODYNAMIC SIZES; AVERAGE WIDTH; CONCENTRATION OF; ELECTRICAL MOBILITY; EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; FIBER LENGTH; GENERATION RATE; GENERATION SYSTEMS; IMPACTOR; INHALATION STUDIES; MASS CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE GENERATION; PARTICLE GENERATION SYSTEMS; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGIES; PARTICLE NUMBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; SIEVE SHAKERS; TEM; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; CARBON FIBERS; CARBON NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CARBON NANOTUBE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FIBER; INHALATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 67651177671     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820903002423     Document Type: Article

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