Comparison of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Constituents Estimated using FTIR, TGA, and SEM–EDX

- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 10
- File Size:
- 966 KB
- Publication Date:
- Feb 24, 2022
Abstract
The resurgence of severe lung disease among US coal miners since the mid-1990s has led to efforts to better characterize and monitor respirable dust exposures, particularly focusing on mineral constituents from rock strata surrounding the coal. A rapid analysis method for silica (quartz) mass using direct-on-filter Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been developed, which can also estimate kaolinite, a primary silicate mineral in many coal mines.
Citation
APA:
(2022) Comparison of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Constituents Estimated using FTIR, TGA, and SEM–EDXMLA: Comparison of Respirable Coal Mine Dust Constituents Estimated using FTIR, TGA, and SEM–EDX. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2022.