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  • NIOSH
    Quantification of Silica in Mine Dusts Using Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy

    By M. S. Seehra, V. S. Babu

    "INTRODUCTION The accurate determination of the free silica index in coal mine dusts is an important requirement because severe health hazards are believed to be associated with the inhalation of resp

    Nov 1, 1995

  • NIOSH
    IC 6310 Selected List of Bureau of Mines Publications Covering Safety Studies and Activities of the Electrical Section

    By L. C. IlsLey

    The work of the electrical section of the Bureau of Mines may be considered to have had its beginning in April , 1909 , when H. H. Clark was , appointed electrical engineer in the U. S. Geological Sur

    Jul 1, 1930

  • NIOSH
    Dependence and Reversal of Nitric Oxide Production on NFKB in Silica and Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Macrophages

    By F. Chen, L. J. Gaydos, D. C. Kuhn, Demersm L. M., S. C. Sun

    "Summary: In this report the differential regulation of NF-KB and nitric oxide (NO) was investigated in the mouse macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 following exposure to a mineral dust (silica) and /or a

    Dec 1, 1996

  • NIOSH
    Oxidant Release from Pulmonary Phagocytes

    By Knox Van Dyke, Vincent Castranova, Lixin Wu, Mark J. Reasor, James M. Antonini

    "One of the proposed mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of silicosis is that inhaled silica dust activates a ""respiratory burst"" in pulmonary phagocytes, such as macrophages and neutrophils. Th

    Jan 1, 1998

  • NIOSH
    Generation and Entrainment of Coal Dust in Underground Mines

    By R. V. Ramani, J. Qin

    "During the mining process, the insitu material is broken into different size ranges, from very, large pieces to very fine particles. Some of the fine particles become airborne. In underground coal mi

    Jan 1, 1989

  • NIOSH
    Deposition Rates of Coal Dust in Mine Airways

    By R. V. Ramani, R. Bhaskar

    "An airborne dust cloud is an ensemble of particles of varied size, density, shape and states of aggregation. An understanding and quantifying of the dispersion and deposition of the du.st generated i

    Mar 1, 1992

  • NIOSH
    ESR Spin Trapping Evidence for so·-3 and • OH Radicals in Sulfite Oxidation

    By N. S. Dalal, Xianglin Shi

    "Electron spin resonance (ESR) spin trapping experiments have been carried out to investigate the mechanism of sulfite oxidation em¬ploying 5,5-dimethyl-l-pyrroline-1-oxide (DMPO) as a spin trap. The

    Jan 1, 1990

  • NIOSH
    RI 6490 Triaxial Method for Determining the Elastic Constants of Stress Relief Cores

    By Leonard Obert

    A triaxial procedure is described for measuring the modulus of elasticity and Possion's ratio of stress relief cores , that is , the concentric hole cores obtained by the overcoring technique . The el

    Jan 1, 1964

  • NIOSH
    RI 5312 Beneficiation Of Iron-Copper Ores From Kasaan Peninsula, Prince Of Wales Island, Alaska ? Summary

    By R. R. Wells

    This report summarizes the results of laboratory testing of copper-bearing magnetite ore from the Poorman, Bush & Brown, and Copper Center deposits, Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, southeast

    Jan 1, 1957

  • NIOSH
    RI 8465 Well Engineering and Sampling Variables in the Evaluation of Geobrines

    By W. D. Riley

    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, has been conducting minerals recovery research in support of the nation's geothermal program since 1974. The Bureau's program of laborat

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    RI 8099 Radium Removal From Uranium Ores and Mill Tailings

    By S. R. Borrowman

    Mill tailings from conventional uranium extraction processes contain nearly all of the radium originally in the ore. Such tailings require controlled storage in perpetuity to safeguard the surrounding

    Jan 1, 1975

  • NIOSH
    RI 5058 Tensile Properties Of Pure Chromium At Elevated Temperature ? Introduction And Summary

    By H. A. Johansen

    Recent advances in the metallurgy of chromium have enabled this metal to begin to take its place among the refractory metals. Considerable work is being done on the development of high-temperature all

    Jan 1, 1954

  • NIOSH
    RI 6894 Solid-State Electromigration Of Impurities In Cerium Metal

    By J. D. Marchant

    The Bureau of Mines studied solid-state electromigration to determine the value of the technique as a method of purifying cerium metal. Cerium metal in bars 6 inches long and 1/2 inch in diameter was

    Jan 1, 1967

  • NIOSH
    IC 6493 Opals

    By I. AITKENS

    The opal , long in disfavor because it was considered " unlucky, " has become much more popular in recent years . For variety and beauty of color the precious opal is without a peer . These colors do

    Sep 1, 1931

  • NIOSH
    OFR-14-93 GIS Database For Colorado Springs, Colorado Abandoned Mine Land Study Area

    As part of remote sensing research on an abandoned mine lands (AML) site in the Colorado Springs, Colorado area, a geographic information system (GIS) database was generated. This GIS database contain

    Jan 1, 1992

  • NIOSH
    RI 7927 Removal of Lead and Zinc and the Production of Prereduced Pellets From Iron and Steelmaking Wastes

    By W. M. Dressel

    Over 2 million tons of steel furnace dust containing approximately 100,000 tons of zinc and 10,000 tons of lead are produced each year. Recycling of the dusts would conserve mineral resources, lessen

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    RI 9198 - Case Study of the Effects of Longwall Mining Induced Subsidence on Shallow Ground Water Sources in the Northern Appalachian Coalfield

    By J. S. Walker

    The Bureau of Mines monitored surface subsidence and water level fluctuations in 10 shallow observation wells above a series of four adjacent longwall panels in southwestern Pennsylvania, for about 4

    Jan 1, 1988

  • NIOSH
    RI 8106 Electrothermal Fracture of Copper Shale

    By Carl F. Wingquist

    Electrical resistance heating to effect thermal fragmentation of semiconductive rock was examined by the Bureau of Mines. Tests were carried out on copper-bearing ores of the Nonesuch Shale Formation

    Jan 1, 1976

  • NIOSH
    RI 5154 Theory Of Model Testing As Applied To Roof Bolting ? Introduction And Summary

    By Louis A. Panek

    The practice of roof bolting or rock bolting to stabilize rock surrounding underground excavations has increased tremendously within a few years. This widespread application has led to many questions

    Jan 1, 1956

  • NIOSH
    RI 6388 Prerefining Pig Iron With a Vortex Cone. Preliminary Experiments

    By R. J. Leary, W. M. Mahan, F. X. Tartaron

    A new type of apparatus for prerefining molten blast furnace iron and to reduce the cost of subsequent steelmaking consists of a funnel - shaped device lined with firebrick into which a horizontal str

    Jan 1, 1964