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Table 3 List of workplace processes and nanomaterials being investigated for possible exposure

From: Nanoparticle exposure at nanotechnology workplaces: A review

Nanomaterial

Production

Handling & refinement

Bagging & shipping

Processing

    

Powder or suspension

In a fixed matrix

Carbon Black

[3]

[3, 37]

[2, 37]

[38]

 

CNT, CNF, fullerenes

[4, 33, 46, 48–51, 54]

[38, 33, 4, 46, 45, 50, 49, 54]

[4, 45]

[38, 45, 50–52]

[42, 52]

Ag

[41, 55]

[41]

 

[33, 53]

 

TiO2

[39, 56, 55]

[39, 33, 56]

   

SiO2

[39, 43]

[39, 43]

[36]

[43]

 

Al2O3

[39]

[39]

 

[44, 53, 54]

[44, 54]

Metals

[39, 33, 51]

[39, 33]

 

[33]

[33]

Metal oxides

[39, 43, 33, 45]

[39, 43, 33, 45]

[45]

[43, 33, 45, 47]

 

Others

[39]

[39]

 

[40]

[40]