Evaluation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for measurement of silica on filter samples of coal dust

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1286-1293

  Stipe, Christopher B ^a   Miller, Arthur L ^b   Brown, Jonathan ^a   Guevara, Edward ^a   Cauda, Emanuele ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Coal dust; Filter; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; Silica; Silicon; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

DUST SAMPLES; FILTER; FILTER MEDIA; FILTER SAMPLE; GEORGIA; IN-FIELD; LIBS; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MASS LOADINGS; PORTABLE MONITORING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POTENTIALLY FATAL; PURE SILICA; RAPID ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ERRORS OF PREDICTIONS; RESPIRATORY HAZARDS; SILICA DUST; SILICOSIS;

AEROSOLS; ALUMINUM; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; COAL MINES; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LASERS; QUARTZ; SILICA; SILICON;

COAL DUST;

ALUMINUM; CARBON; COAL; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; CARBON; COAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869162025     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: 19433530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/12-06671     Document Type: Article

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