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Alternative Title:
Rev Sci Instrum
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4949506
Personal Author:
McLaughlin, R. P. ; Mason, G. S. ; Miller, A. L. ; Stipe, C. B. ; Kearns, J. D. ; ... More +
McLaughlin, R. P. ; Mason, G. S. ; Miller, A. L. ; Stipe, C. B. ; Kearns, J. D. ; Prier, M. W. ; Rarick, J. D. Less -
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A portable instrument has been developed for measuring silicon-containing aerosols in near real-time using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). The instrument uses a vacuum system to collect and deposit airborne particulate matter onto a translatable reel of filter tape. LIBS is used to analyze the deposited material, determining the amount of silicon-containing compounds present. In laboratory testing with pure silica (SiO2), the correlation between LIBS intensity for a characteristic silicon emission and the concentration of silica in a model aerosol was determined for a range of concentrations, demonstrating the instrument's plausibility for identifying hazardous levels of silicon-containing compounds.
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Source:
Rev Sci Instrum. 87(5):056103.
Pubmed ID:
27250478
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5441304
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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