Influence of relative humidity and physical load during storage on dustiness of inorganic nanomaterials: implications for testing and risk assessment

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Levin, Marcus ^a,b   Rojas, Elena ^c   Vanhala, Esa ^d   Vippola, Minnamari ^d,e   Liguori, Biase ^a,b   Kling, Kirsten I ^b   Koponen, Ismo K ^b   Mølhave, Kristian ^a   Tuomi, Timo ^d   Gregurec, Danijela ^c   Moya, Sergio ^c   Jensen, Keld A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c CIC BIOMAGUNE   (Spain)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dustiness; Exposure assessment; Nanotechnology; Occupational health; Powder storage; Rotating drum

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LOAD TESTING; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL TESTING; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWDER METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TESTING;

DUSTINESS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; INORGANIC METAL OXIDES; INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED POWDERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POWDER COMPACTIONS; ROTATING DRUMS;

STORAGE (MATERIALS);

INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUSTINESS INDEX; DUSTINESS TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HUMIDITY; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS TESTING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL LOADING; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY; STORAGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TRANSPORT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84939162642     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-3139-6     Document Type: Article

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