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X-Ray Analytical Methods for Evaluating Levels of Environmental Particulates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

J. Leroux,
A.B.C. Davey,
W.W. Reid and
Chantal Chalifoux
J. Leroux
Affiliation:
Environmental Standards Division, Health Protection Branch Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2 Canada.
A.B.C. Davey
Affiliation:
Environmental Standards Division, Health Protection Branch Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2 Canada.
W.W. Reid
Affiliation:
Environmental Standards Division, Health Protection Branch Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2 Canada.
Chantal Chalifoux
Affiliation:
Environmental Standards Division, Health Protection Branch Health and Welfare Canada Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0L2 Canada.
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Abstract

An exact knowledge of environmental particulate levels at their sources of production, geographic sites of dissemination and/or anatomic sites of deposition after they have been inhaled or ingested by the body is considered a main priority in the environmental health field. One must therefore recognize the need for rapid, accurate and sensitive means of sampling and analyzing these materials, often found in trace amounts, with little alteration from their original physical and chemical structure. A summary of the various theoretical approaches and methodologies investigated in our laboratory towards that goal are discussed with emphasis on X-ray techniques used, correction factors involved, and areas requiring further research.

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X-Ray Diffraction Applications
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 19: Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 6-8, 1975 , 1975, pp. 673 - 683
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1975

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