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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.
• A Predictive Model for Elemental Carbon, Organic Carbon and Total Carbon Based on Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Measurements of Filter-collected Diesel Particulate Matter
  6/1/2020 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  A study suggesting that laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements coupled with partial least squares modeling results could be a method for rapidly analyzing diesel particulate matter concentrations.
• Technology News 562 - ESPnano Characterizes Hazardous Airborne Particles in the Workplace
  2/3/2020 - Technology News
  Learn how the commercially available ESPnano particle sampler is used worldwide for both research and workplace assessments of airborne hazards.
• 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.
• Mapping of Compositional Properties of Coal Using Isometric Log-Ratio Transformation and Sequential Gaussian Simulation - A Comparative Study for Spatial Ultimate Analyses Data
  3/1/2019 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  An article on mapping the ultimate analyses parts of the Springfield coal from an Indiana section of the Illinois basin, using sequential Gaussian simulation of isometric log-ratio transformed compositions.
• A Portable Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Instrument for Rapid Sampling and Analysis of Silicon-Containing Aerosols
  5/1/2016 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article on a new portable instrument describes laboratory testing that demonstrated the instrument’s plausibility for identifying hazardous levels of silicon-containing compounds.
• Workplace Aerosol Measurement
  1/1/2011 - Book chapters
  While approaches to workplace aerosol measurement differ; this book chapter emphasizes the basic sampling philosophies and methods used routinely in the workplace and the application of direct-reading monitors.
• A Handheld Electrostatic Precipitator for Sampling Airborne Particles and Nanoparticles
  6/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Researchers at NIOSH are developing methods for characterizing ultrafine aerosols in workplaces. One method includes the detailed analysis of collected particles using electron microscopy (EM).
• Morphological and Elemental Classification of Freshly Emitted Soot Particles and Atmospheric Ultrafine Particles using the TEM/EDS
  3/1/2010 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  Airborne soot particles have a significant effect on atmospheric chemistry and their detailed properties are thus of interest to researchers. There are many different types of soot with a variety of shapes and chemical composition. This paper presents n...
• Observations of Post-Explosion Dust Samples From an Experimental Mine
  5/1/2009 - Conference papers
  This study shows a very good agreement between observations of partially burnt coal particles under a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and floor dust samples, collected and analyzed using the alcohol coking test and SEM, to estimate flame travel.