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7/4/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to evaluate different forms of silica embedded in the mine-emitted dusts and how they are related to their host rocks’ mineralogical and geological features.
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7/4/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to investigate mine dust and respirable crystalline silica characteristics and toxicity to fill a critical knowledge gap and help ensure the health of workers in metal and nonmetal mines.
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6/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract to explore disease pathology and help pinpoint causal respirable silica dust characteristics.
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PDM3700-Compatible Filter Module Usable with Portable/Field-deployable Silica Monitoring Instruments2/28/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Thermo Fisher to develop a filter module that can be used with the PDM3700, maintaining its functionality of aerosol collection and mass measurement, and portable FTIRs that can be used for field-deployable silica monitoring.
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2/22/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Desert Research Institute to find alternative filter media and redesign the filter holder for the continuous personal dust monitorto make the filter compatible with end-of-shift respirable crystalline silica quantification.
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2/17/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with the University of Nevada, Reno, to develop a personal real-time respirable coal dust and respirable silica dust monitoring instrument based on photoacoustic spectroscopy.
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Characterization of Coal Mine Dust Size Distribution, Chemical Composition, and Source Contributions2/16/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with the University of Nevada, Reno, to characterize coal mine dust size, distribution, chemical composition, and source contributions.
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2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with microAeth Corporation to examine the use of Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and optical particle counting to quantify respirable crystalline silica.
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2/14/2023 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Colorado State University to develop a silica dust reading sampler.
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3/25/2022 - Contracts and cooperative agreementsA contract with Virginia Tech University to research respirable crystalline silica characteristics in coal mine dust samples and in samples representative of major dust sources.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program