Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) emissions from industrial plants - Results from measurement programmes in Germany

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 278-285

  Ehrlich, C ^a   Noll, G ^a   Wusterhausen, E ^a   Kalkoff, W D ^a   Remus, R ^b   Lehmann, C ^b  

^a Saxony Anhalt State Environmental Protection Agency   (Germany)

^b UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cascade impactor; Emission limit value (ELV); Industrial emission measurement programmes; Particulate matter 4 (PM4); Respirable crystalline silica (RCS); Silica emission rates; Silica stack test

Indexed keywords

CASCADE IMPACTORS; CRYSTALLINE SILICA; EMISSION LIMIT VALUES; EMISSION MEASUREMENT; EMISSION RATES; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DUST; FLUE GASES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SILICA; SILICA SAND; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

RESPIRABLE CRYSTALLINE SILICA; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; CANCER; COMPLIANCE; CRYSTALLINITY; DUST; EMISSION INVENTORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SILICA; THRESHOLD;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR CASCADE; WORKPLACE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GERMANY;

EID: 84871872369     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.10.069     Document Type: Article

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