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• Evaluating Portable Infrared Spectrometers for Measuring the Silica Content of Coal Dust
  1/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Miners face a variety of respiratory hazards while on the job, including exposure to silica dust which can lead to silicosis, a potentially fatal lung disease.
• Direct-on-filter Analysis for Respirable Crystalline Silica Using a Portable FTIR Instrument
  1/1/2022 - Information Circulars
  This report details how to implement field-based monitoring for respirable crystalline silica using portable Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR).
• Quantifying Elemental and Organic Carbon in Diesel Particulate Matter by Mid-infrared Spectrometry
  9/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article describing a method for quantifying airborne organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) within aerosolized diesel particulate matter (DPM).
• A Novel Sampling Cassette for Field-based Analysis of Respirable Crystalline Silica
  3/1/2021 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study evaluating a novel cassette designed to facilitate field-based, direct-on-filter analysis of RCS using transmission FTIR spectroscopy.
• Towards a Field-Portable Real-Time Organic and Elemental Carbon Monitor
  8/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study investigating the use of mid-infrared spectrometry as a field-portable, real-time method for measuring elemental and organic carbons in diesel particulate matter aerosols.
• A Comparison of Respirable Crystalline Silica Concentration Measurements Using a Direct-on-filter Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Transmission Method vs. a Traditional Laboratory X-ray Diffraction Method
  1/10/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study comparing respirable crystalline silica concentration measurements using an end-of-shift Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometry method versus a traditional laboratory X-ray diffraction analysis.
• Evaluating the Use of a Field-based Silica Monitoring Approach with Dust from Copper Mines
  1/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study demonstrating the potential of using a portable FTIR for estimation of crystalline silica in respirable dust samples for in-field exposure monitoring.
• Respirable Size-Selective Sampler for End-of-Shift Quartz Measurement: Development and Performance
  5/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article by NIOSH about a study to develop a respirable size-selective sampler for direct-on-filter (DoF) quartz measurement at the end-of-shift (EoS) using a portable Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer.
• Direct-on-Filter alpha-Quartz Estimation in Respirable Coal Mine Dust using Transmission Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry and Partial Least Squares Regression
  5/1/2017 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article by NIOSH about a study demonstrating the feasibility of end-of-shift measurement of α-quartz using a direct-on-filter (DoF) method to analyze coal mine dust samples deposited onto polyvinyl chloride filters.
• Feasibility Study For a Novel Field-Portable DPM Monitor
  3/31/2017 - Research projects
  A project to investigate the feasibility of using alternative measurement approaches to quantify both elemental carbon and organic carbon in filter samples of mine air.