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Main Title Amphibole mineral study : to complement the ongoing characterization of fine particulate environmental contaminants for biological experimentation /
Author Siebert, Paul C. ; Harwood., Colin F.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Harwood, Colin F.
CORP Author IIT Research Inst., Chicago, Ill.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Health Effects Research Laboratory ; Available through the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1977
Report Number EPA/600/1-77/001; EPA-68-02-1687
Stock Number PB 262 893
OCLC Number 04416737
Subjects Amphiboles ; Contamination (Technology) ; Pollution--Research
Additional Subjects Amphiboles ; Ore sampling ; X ray analysis ; Electron microscopy ; Asbestos ; Mining ; Mineralogy ; Chemical analysis ; Area ; Solvent extraction ; Atomic spectroscopy ; Electron diffraction ; Fiber metallurgy ; Babbitt(Minnesota)
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000Y9AJ.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-1-77-001 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 05/22/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/1-77-001 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/06/2003
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-1-77-001 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-1-77-001 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 08/26/2016
NTIS  PB-262 893 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation viii, 80 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm.
Abstract
This report details the work and results of a program concerned with the collection of amphibole mineral samples from the Reserve Mining taconite mine in Babbitt, Minnesota and the preparation of highly characterized amphibole fibers from these samples. A profile of the ore body was compiled after a petrographic examination of mineral samples. Various separation and sizing techniques for the fibrous material present in the ore were investigated. Air jet milling of ground and sieved fibrous rock was used to prepare samples for biological experimentation. This material was characterized by optical microscopy, electron miscroscopy, electron diffraction, x-ray spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, atomic absorption spectrometry, B.E.T. surface area, and benzene extraction. The fibers were found to have many properties similar to amphibole asbestos types. Vials of weighed amounts of product sample were prepared and purged with nitrogen.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-79).