Quantitative Analysis of Airborne Asbestos by X-Ray Diffraction: Feasibility Study.

Abstract

Special x-ray diffraction geometry has been developed to distinguish chrysotile asbestos from serpentine and other clay minerals. The x-ray method requires alignment of the chrysotile fibers, and the technique for accomplishing this alignment has been developed and tested. A limit of detection of 0.2 micrograms asbestos has been achieved routinely for chrysotile in the absence of extraneous material from real air samples.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1975
Accession Number
ADA007530

Entities

People

  • E. T. Johnson
  • J. V. Gilfrich
  • L. S. Birks
  • M. Fatemi

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Airborne
  • Asbestos
  • Detection
  • Diffraction
  • Engineered Materials
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Fibers
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Minerals
  • Phyllosilicates
  • X Rays
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design