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Effect of Grit Size on Airborne Particle Concentration and Size Distribution during Oak Wood Sanding

Journal

APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 15, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app12157644

Keywords

grit size; sanding; microparticles; ultrafine particles

Funding

  1. Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports, of the Slovak Republic
  2. Slovak Academy of Sciences [1/0019/19]

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This study found that different grit sizes of sandpaper used in oak wood sanding have an impact on particle concentration, whereas particle size distribution is not affected by grit size.
Adverse health effects caused by exposure to airborne particles have been detected in recent years, however there is little knowledge about exposure to ultrafine particles with a diameter <100 nm. In this study, particle number concentration and size distribution in a range of particle diameters from 10 nm to 10 mu m were determined during oak wood sanding. A hand-held orbit sander in combination with three types of grit size (P60, 120 and 240) of sandpaper were used. Measurements were obtained using a portable particle size distribution analyzer and an optical particle size spectrometer, carried out at 15-min intervals for each treatment by static sampling in the breathing zone. We also compared the optical particle size spectrometer to the aerosol monitor in order to evaluate the mass concentration of airborne particles in the range of 1 to 10 mu m in diameter. Sanding paper with the finest grit, P240, showed a significantly higher number concentration of ultrafine particles, compared with P60 and P120 grits. The differences among particular grit size were statistically significant for microparticles. The size distribution of particles during sanding was not affected by grit size. For each grit size, apparent peak values of ultrafine and microparticle number concentrations were determined at approximately 15 nm, and 0.1 mu m, respectively. Optical particle size spectrometer and aerosol monitor showed comparable results of mass concentration for the respirable fraction.

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