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Establish a standardized analytical protocol using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to quantify the chemistry, size, and shape of respirable coal mine dust particles.

December 14, 2015ResourcesOpen Access

A Standard Characterization Methodology for Respirable Coal Mine Dust Using SEM-EDX

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RSR. Sellaro ESEmily Sarver DBDaniel M. Baxter

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Methodological study demonstrates individual particle characterization of respirable dust in underground coal mines, highlighting hazardous chemical and physical properties beyond total mass.

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Establish a standardized analytical protocol using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to quantify the chemistry, size, and shape of respirable coal mine dust particles.
Developed a single-particle analysis routine applying scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) to measure particle size, morphology, and chemical composition.
Evaluated the methodology using respirable dust samples collected from an underground coal mine in Central Appalachia.
Demonstrated the feasibility of routine, particle-level characterization to capture physicochemical dust distributions not measured by bulk mass concentration or bulk silica mass fraction alone.
Achieved successful preliminary verification of the SEM-EDX workflow across field samples collected from active underground mine environments.

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Sellaro et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d84d115c3030ff03d19c0c https://doi.org/10.3390/resources4040939

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December 14, 2015ResourcesOpen Access

A Standard Characterization Methodology for Respirable Coal Mine Dust Using SEM-EDX

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Authors

RSR. Sellaro ESEmily Sarver DBDaniel M. Baxter

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Methodological study demonstrates individual particle characterization of respirable dust in underground coal mines, highlighting hazardous chemical and physical properties beyond total mass.

Key Points

Establish a standardized analytical protocol using scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to quantify the chemistry, size, and shape of respirable coal mine dust particles.
Developed a single-particle analysis routine applying scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) to measure particle size, morphology, and chemical composition.
Evaluated the methodology using respirable dust samples collected from an underground coal mine in Central Appalachia.
Demonstrated the feasibility of routine, particle-level characterization to capture physicochemical dust distributions not measured by bulk mass concentration or bulk silica mass fraction alone.
Achieved successful preliminary verification of the SEM-EDX workflow across field samples collected from active underground mine environments.

Cite This Study

Sellaro et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d84d115c3030ff03d19c0c https://doi.org/10.3390/resources4040939

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