Size distributions of airborne fibres generated from man-made mineral fibre products.
Size distributions of airborne fibres generated from man-made mineral fibre products.
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人造矿物纤维产品产生的气载纤维的尺寸分布。
DOI:
10.1093/annhyg/27.2.157
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发表时间:
1983
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J. Skotte
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作者:
T. Schneider;E. Holst;J. Skotte
The ultimate size distribution of fibres in a sample of airborne dust is the result of several factors: (a) Manufacturing processes give a certain distribution of diameters; manufacturers often determine this diameter distribution (the median is termed the nominal diameter) by the accumulated length method, (b) This accumulated length diameter distribution, it is argued, can go unchanged into the dispersed state, e.g. during sawing, (c) The sizing of fibres in this dispersed dust in the usual way by counting fibres by number causes an apparent reduction in the median diameter as compared with the nominal diameter. A mathematical formula for this reduction is given based on the assumption that length and diameter of the dispersed dust are bivariate log-normally distributed, (d) Settling and ventilation further shift the distribution towards lower diameters. Calculations based on a model assuming stirred settling and uniform fibre dispersion show that ventilation conditions and geometric standard deviation of diameters in the bulk sample influence the resulting diameter distribution of the steady-state dust cloud as much as typical variations in nominal diameters, (e) Influences from spatial variations of fibre production, air supply and exhaust as well as variation in time of fibre production are estimated to have a minor effect on these general conclusions especially if long-term personal exposure is considered, (e) The influence from a sampler used for routine evaluation of fibres is estimated. The total length of fibres per cm3and the accumulated length diameter distribution is suggested to be a useful predictor of health risk and this predictor is closely related to the bulk material and the aerodynamic properties of fibres.