Recycling concrete: An undiscovered source of ultrafine particles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-58

  Kumar, Prashant ^a   Morawska, Lidia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concrete waste recycling; Construction and demolition; Particle exposure mask; Particle number exposure; Particle size distribution; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CONCRETE RECYCLING; CONCRETE WASTES; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE NUMBERS; PARTICLE TRANSFORMATION; SIZE-RESOLVED PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

RECYCLING;

CONCRETE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCRETE; DILUTION; DUST; EMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMATION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; DISPERSION; DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING;

EID: 84897093777     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.03.035     Document Type: Article

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