Particle size distribution of workplace aerosols in manganese alloy smelters applying a personal sampling strategy.

@article{Berlinger2015ParticleSD,
  title={Particle size distribution of workplace aerosols in manganese alloy smelters applying a personal sampling strategy.},
  author={Balazs Berlinger and Merete Drevvatne Bugge and Bente Ulvestad and Helge Kjuus and Konrad Kandler and Dag G. Ellingsen},
  journal={Environmental science. Processes \& impacts},
  year={2015},
  volume={17 12},
  pages={
          2066-73
        }
}
Air samples were collected by personal sampling with five stage Sioutas cascade impactors and respirable cyclones in parallel among tappers and crane operators in two manganese (Mn) alloy smelters in Norway to investigate PM fractions. The mass concentrations of PM collected by using the impactors and the respirable cyclones were critically evaluated by comparing the results of the parallel measurements. The geometric mean (GM) mass concentrations of the respirable fraction and the <10 μm PM… 
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