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Size distributions of inorganic species andtheir inhaled dose in the industrial workplace aerosol

Lazaridis Michalis, Stergios Vratolis, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Mihalopoulos , N , Christina Mitsakou, Angeliki Karanasiou

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/8B2EDC36-3442-4B36-A738-92A66C316EFA
Year 2008
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation A. Karanasiou, K. Eleftheriadis, S. Vratolis, P. Zarbas, N. Mihalopoulos, C. Mitsakou, C. Housiadas, M. Lazaridis, J. Ondracek, L. Dzumbova," Size distributions of inorganic species and their inhaled dose in the industrial workplace aerosol ,"Water Air and Soil Pol. ,vol. 8,no.1, pp. 71-76 ,2008.doi:10.1007/s11267-007-9140-z https://doi.org/10.1007/s11267-007-9140-z
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Aerosol particles in the workplace of a detergent industry were sampled during July 2005 by a Berner low-pressure impactor.The samples were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometry and ion chromatography in order to determine the size distributionof metallic elements and water-soluble inorganic ions. The size distributions of some characteristic metallic elements (Cu,Fe, Al) were unimodal with their maximum found in coarse particles. Among the water-soluble aerosol components \textSO = 4 {\text{SO}}^{ = }_{4} , \textNO - 3 {\text{NO}}^{ - }_{3} , Cl−, \textNH + 4 {\text{NH}}^{ + }_{4} and Ca++ were the major contributors to total particle mass. The lung deposition resulting from the partially hygroscopic aerosolis estimated. The calculated lung deposition reveals the impact of separate chemical aerosol compounds on the levels of theinhaled dose. The differences observed between the total and regional deposition of the different compounds appear mainlydue to their different size distributions.

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