Emission of submicron aerosol particles in operating a laser beam printer

International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 33-36

  Kim, Sang Yoon ^a   Kim, Yong ^a   Byeon, Jeong Hoon ^b   Lee, Dae Young ^b   Hwang, Jungho ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuser system; Laser beam printer (lbp); Number concentration; Particle emissions; Submicron aerosol particles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149127100     PISSN: 12298557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12541-009-0090-4     Document Type: Article

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