Reducing Cr6+ emissions from gas tungsten arc welding using a silica precursor

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-330

  Topham, Nate ^a   Kalivoda, Mark ^a   Hsu, Yu Mei ^a,b   Wu, Chang Yu ^a   Oh, Sewon ^c   Cho, Kuk ^d  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Wood Buffalo Environmental Association   (Canada)

^c Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hexavalent chromium; Vapor phase sorbent; Welding fume

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMIUM; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS METAL ARC WELDING; GAS WELDING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN;

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; GAS TUNGSTEN ARC WELDING; HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TETRAETHYLOXYSILANE; VAPOR PHASE SORBENTS; WELDING FUMES;

SILICA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMIUM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN;

AEROSOL; CHROMIUM; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SILICA; WELDING;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW RATE; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WELDING;

EID: 77049091078     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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