PMID- 18313211
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090122
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 0304-3894 (Print)
IS  - 0304-3894 (Linking)
VI  - 158
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Oct 1
TI  - Measurements of ultrafine particle concentrations and size distribution in an 
      iron foundry.
PG  - 124-30
LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.01.036 [doi]
AB  - The number and surface area concentration of ultrafine particles in an iron 
      foundry is of interest as freshly generated ultrafine particles are produced by 
      metal melting, pouring and molding processes. This study measured the number and 
      surface area concentrations of ultrafine particles and their size distributions 
      in an iron foundry using a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS). The 10-100 nm 
      ultrafine particle number concentrations (NC(0.01-0.1)) and surface area 
      concentrations (SC(0.01-0.1)) measured at the iron foundry were 2.07 x 10(4) to 
      2.82 x 10(5)particles cm(-3) and 67.56 to 2.13 x 10(3)microm(2)cm(-3), 
      respectively. The concentrations changed dramatically depending on on-site 
      manufacturing conditions. The NC(0.01-0.1) levels in the iron foundry were 
      approximately 4.5 times higher on average compared with those in the outdoor 
      ambient environment. These measurement results indicate that the presence of 
      extra particles in the workplace air is within the ultrafine range. Additionally, 
      the analytical results suggest that the number mode diameter can be used to 
      estimate the SC(0.01-0.1) levels using the NC(0.01-0.1) levels. Moreover, the 
      ultrafine particle number mode diameter was found to be about 46.1 nm in the iron 
      foundry.
FAU - Cheng, Yu-Hsiang
AU  - Cheng YH
AD  - Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, Mingchi University of 
      Technology, 84 Gungjuan Road, Taishan, Taipei, Taiwan. yhcheng@mail.mit.edu.tw
FAU - Chao, Yen-Chi
AU  - Chao YC
FAU - Wu, Cheng-Han
AU  - Wu CH
FAU - Tsai, Chuen-Jinn
AU  - Tsai CJ
FAU - Uang, Shi-Nian
AU  - Uang SN
FAU - Shih, Tung-Sheng
AU  - Shih TS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20080120
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Hazard Mater
JT  - Journal of hazardous materials
JID - 9422688
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants, Occupational)
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
RN  - 0 (Particulate Matter)
RN  - E1UOL152H7 (Iron)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants, Occupational/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - Industrial Waste/*analysis
MH  - Iron/*analysis
MH  - *Metallurgy
MH  - *Particle Size
MH  - Particulate Matter/analysis
EDAT- 2008/03/04 09:00
MHDA- 2009/01/23 09:00
CRDT- 2008/03/04 09:00
PHST- 2007/11/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/01/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/01/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/03/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/01/23 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/03/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0304-3894(08)00111-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.01.036 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Hazard Mater. 2008 Oct 1;158(1):124-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.01.036. 
      Epub 2008 Jan 20.