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• Evaluation of the Approach to Respirable Quartz Exposure Control in U.S. Coal Mines
  2/1/2012 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  The performance of the current regulatory approach was found to be lacking due to the use of a variable property - quartz content in airborne dust - to establish a standard for subsequent exposures.
• Analytical Enhancement of Rapid Quartz Analysis
  4/25/2023 - Research projects
  A project to improve both the analytical accuracy and the usability of Rapid Quartz Analysis to increase adoption and implementation in the mining industry.
• Respirable Quartz Hazard Associated with Coal Mine Roof Bolter Dust
  6/1/2010 - Conference papers
  This study examined the potential for coal mine roof bolter dust to be a source of a worker's exposure to respirable quartz.
• Identifying Sources of Respirable Quartz and Silica Dust in Underground Coal Mines in Southern West Virginia, Western Virginia, and Eastern Kentucky
  4/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This paper discusses the geochemical analyses which were applied in an effort to identify the specific source rock of respirable quartz dust in coal mines.
• Implementing Infrared Determination of Quartz Particulates on Novel Filters for a Prototype Dust Monitor
  5/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articles
  This article describes the results from analysis of open-face samples which suggest that the new formulations for PDM filters have fully addressed the analytical obstacles that existed with the original filter design.
• Research Toward Direct Analysis of Quartz Dust on Filters Using FTIR Spectroscopy
  1/1/1992 - Information Circulars
  A U.S. Bureau of Mines investigation of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy for on-filter analysis of respirable dust.