Identification of biological dusts by elemental analysis
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Aihaj Journal
- Vol. 41 (7) , 469-472
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15298668091425095
Abstract
The feasibility of identifying, by microscopic and X-ray techniques, the biological source of hazardous cotton plant dusts produced from individual plant parts was determined. Major elements observed were Mg, Al, Si, S, Cl, K and Ca. Some plant parts were distinguished by variations in elemental content. The most characteristic elements were K and Ca. Relative peak heights of elemental spectra were used to identify the plant part from which the dust was derived.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: