Characterization of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Recovered from Fibrous Polyvinyl Chloride Filters by Scanning Electron Microscopy

IF 1.5 4区 工程技术 Q3 METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
August Greth, Setareh Ghaychi Afrouz, Cigdem Keles, Emily Sarver
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The characterization of respirable dust on the basis of constituent fractions and particle sizes is increasingly of concern for evaluating exposure hazards. For high-resolution particle analysis, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX) can be an effective tool. However, it requires particles to be deposited on a smooth, uniform substrate such as a polycarbonate (PC) filter for optimal results. While direct sampling onto PC is possible, this is not the standard approach in many situations. For example, in coal mines, respirable dust samples have typically been collected onto polyvinyl chloride (PVC) filters because they are intended for gravimetric and/or infrared spectroscopy analysis. Such fibrous substrates are not ideal for SEM-EDX (or other microscopy), but an effective method to recover and redeposit the dust particles could render such samples suitable for the additional analysis. Here, we present a simple method and compare SEM-EDX results for paired samples analyzed directly on PC and following recovery from PVC and redeposition on PC. Both laboratory-generated dust samples (n = 10 pairs) and field samples of respirable coal mine dust (n = 44 pairs) are included in this study. Although some changes in particle size distributions were observed between samples analyzed directly and those that were recovered and redeposited prior to analysis, the results indicate the dust recovery method generally yields a representative sample in terms of mineral constituents. That said, results also highlighted the effects of high particle loading density on individual particle analysis. Considering all sample pairs, those with similar loading density between the directly analyzed and recovered sample tended to exhibit similar mineralogy distributions. This was generally the case for the lab-generated sample pairs, and the Freeman-Halton exact test of independence indicated that the samples in just three (of 10) pairs were in disagreement in terms of their mineralogy distributions. On the other hand, for the field samples, the directly analyzed sample often had higher loading density than the recovered sample; and the Freeman-Halton test showed that 25 (of 44) pairs were in disagreement. However, the effect of possible particle agglomeration on the directly analyzed samples cannot be ruled out—and exploration of this factor was beyond the scope of the current study.

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利用扫描电子显微镜分析从纤维状聚氯乙烯过滤器中回收的可吸入煤矿粉尘的特征
根据可吸入粉尘的成分组分和颗粒大小来确定其特征,越来越受到评估暴露危害的关注。对于高分辨率颗粒分析,扫描电子显微镜与能量色散 X 射线(SEM-EDX)是一种有效的工具。不过,它需要将颗粒沉积在光滑、均匀的基底(如聚碳酸酯(PC)过滤器)上,才能获得最佳结果。虽然可以直接在 PC 上取样,但在很多情况下这并不是标准方法。例如,在煤矿中,可吸入粉尘样本通常被收集到聚氯乙烯(PVC)过滤器上,因为这些样本是用于重量分析和/或红外光谱分析的。这种纤维状基底对于 SEM-EDX(或其他显微镜)来说并不理想,但如果能找到一种有效的方法来回收和重新沉积粉尘颗粒,就能使这些样品适用于额外的分析。在此,我们介绍了一种简单的方法,并比较了直接在 PC 上分析的成对样品和从 PVC 中回收并重新沉积在 PC 上的样品的 SEM-EDX 结果。实验室产生的粉尘样本(n = 10 对)和现场可吸入煤矿粉尘样本(n = 44 对)都包含在本研究中。虽然直接分析的样本与回收并在分析前重新沉积的样本之间的粒度分布发生了一些变化,但结果表明,粉尘回收方法通常能获得具有代表性的矿物成分样本。尽管如此,结果也突出了高颗粒装载密度对单个颗粒分析的影响。考虑到所有样本对,直接分析样本和回收样本之间装载密度相似的样本往往表现出相似的矿物学分布。实验室生成的样本对一般都是这种情况,而且 Freeman-Halton 精确独立性检验表明,仅有三对(共 10 对)样本的矿物学分布不一致。另一方面,对于野外样本,直接分析的样本往往比回收的样本具有更高的负载密度;弗里曼-哈尔顿检验表明,44 对样本中有 25 对存在差异。不过,也不能排除直接分析样本可能存在的颗粒团聚现象,对这一因素的探讨超出了本次研究的范围。
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Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Materials Science-Materials Chemistry
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3.50
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期刊介绍: The aim of this international peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) is to provide a broad-based forum for the exchange of real-world and theoretical knowledge from academia, government and industry that is pertinent to mining, mineral/metallurgical processing, exploration and other fields served by the Society. The journal publishes high-quality original research publications, in-depth special review articles, reviews of state-of-the-art and innovative technologies and industry methodologies, communications of work of topical and emerging interest, and other works that enhance understanding on both the fundamental and practical levels.
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