The effect of surface coatings on the dustiness of a calcium carbonate nanopowder

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Burdett, Garry ^a   Bard, Delphine ^a   Kelly, Alexandra ^a   Thorpe, Andrew ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Dustiness testing; Functionalization; Nanoparticles; Nanopowder

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENT TESTING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POWDERS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE NANOPOWDER; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; NANO POWDERS; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESPIRABLE FRACTIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON;

PARTICLE SIZE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; NANOCOATING; NANOPARTICLE; NANOPOWDER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; DUSTINESS; GRAVIMETRY; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WORKER;

EID: 84871155838     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-1311-9     Document Type: Article

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