Emission measurement and safety assessment for the production process of silicon nanoparticles in a pilot-scale facility

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Jing ^a,b   Asbach, Christof ^c   Fissan, Heinz ^c,d   Hülser, Tim ^c   Kaminski, Heinz ^c   Kuhlbusch, Thomas A J ^c,d   Pui, David Y H ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Institute of Energy and Environmental Technology EV (IUTA)   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emission measurement; Nanoparticle agglomerates; Silicon nanoparticles; Workplace safety

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SILICON;

EMISSION MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE AGGLOMERATES; PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENTS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SILICON NANOPARTICLES; WORKPLACE SAFETY;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NANOPARTICLE; SILICON; SILICON NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLEANING; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PACKAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84862781083     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0759-y     Document Type: Article

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