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Table 1 Particle characterization

From: Bioaccessibility, bioavailability and toxicity of commercially relevant iron- and chromium-based particles: in vitro studies with an inhalation perspective

   

Cr

Fe

Cr2O3

FeCr

FeSiCr

FeCr dust

FeSiCr dust

316L

Coarse

Volume/diameter - μm

d0.1

57.5

37.1

-

6.9

3.4

47.0

8.8

11.7

  

d0.5

104

101

-

22.4

22.8

297

41.9

22.5

  

d0.9

170

181

-

53.7

121

769

107

41.4

 

Number/diameter - μm

d0.1

1.1

0.74

-

0.94

0.64

0.8

0.74

7.4

  

d0.5

1.5

1.0

-

1.5

0.98

1.2

1.1

11.3

  

d0.9

2.8

1.9

-

3.7

2.1

2.4

2.7

20.3

 

BET-area

m 2 /g

0.04

0.05

-

0.19

0.51

0.06

0.23

0.07

Fine

Volume/diameter - μm

d0.1

59.7

36.6

0.72

56.3

3.5

-

-

2.4

  

d0.5

104

83.1

1.52

98.0

27.4

-

-

5.0

  

d0.9

173

167

4.34

157

117

-

-

34.1

 

Number/diameter - μm

d0.1

6.9

0.66

0.47

0.85

0.51

-

-

1.5

  

d0.5

10.1

0.92

0.68

1.1

0.77

-

-

2.2

  

d0.9

39.0

1.6

1.23

2.1

1.6

-

-

4.1

 

BET-area

m 2 /g

0.91

0.84

5.1

0.48

1.08

-

-

0.7

  1. Measured BET specific surface area [m2/g] (adsorbent: nitrogen, at five different partial pressures with a standard deviation of less than 1% - except for Fe coarse: 8%) and corresponding median particle diameters (d0.5) and the 10% (d0.1) and 90% (d0.9) size distribution cut-off points, presented as volume (mass) and numbers, determined from size distribution measurements in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) by means of laser diffraction.