Mineral Fibres

• Main Author: Pereira, Lola (auth)
• Other Authors: Bloise, Andrea (auth), Kusiorowski, Robert (auth), Punturo, Rosalda (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: n/a; environmental monitoring; asbestos; polymorphs; XRD; grinding test; asbestos' minerals; serpentinite soil; image analysis; asbestos-containing materials; health hazard; Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA); melting process; tremolite; Southern Italy; naturally occurring asbestos; RD-UV-Vis spectroscopy; thermal treatment; morphology; fibrous habitus; texture; recycling; IR; asbestiform and fibrous minerals; chrysotile; lizardite characterization; edenite; cleavage fragments; rhino white marble of Namibia; serpentinites; serpentine varieties; antigorite; PCOM; aggregates; SEM
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the last decades, there has been increasing interest in Naturally Occurring Asbestos (NOA) and asbestos containing materials (ACMs) as a source of possible environmental risk. A crucial theme of interest related to environmental pollution is the enhanced mobilization of asbestos minerals affectin...