Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US mines
A total of 171 sets respirable dust samples were collected from 25 underground coal mines in several regions of the United States. One sample from each set was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) to determine particle size and mineralogy distr...
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| description | A total of 171 sets respirable dust samples were collected from 25 underground coal mines in several regions of the United States. One sample from each set was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) to determine particle size and mineralogy distributions. Results from the first eight mines were presented in the original dataset (Sarver et al., 2019). Here, the dataset is updated to include results from all 25 mines and to further subclassify particle mineralogy using improved SEM-EDX routines. The current article presents particle mineralogy binned by size between about 100–10,000 nm on a per sample basis, and data is also available on a per particle basis. Discussion of the SEM-EDX data is included in a parallel research article “Particle size and mineralogy distributions in respirable dust samples from 25 US underground coal mines” (Sarver et al., 2021). Moreover, sequential digestions and analysis of the digestates by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) were used to estimate mass concentrations of potentially bioaccessible and total-acid soluble metals and trace elements in the respirable dust samples. Results are included here for a total of 76 samples representing 15 mines; results from first eight mines were presented in the original dataset (Sarver et al., 2019) and discussed in an earlier research article (Sarver et al., 2019). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a244cd1044e04c98b5ac3e5b5445c44d2022-12-22T00:25:12ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092022-06-0142108125Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US minesCigdem Keles0Maria Jaramillo Taborda1Emily Sarver2Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech1, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USADepartment of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech1, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USACorresponding author.; Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, Virginia Tech1, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USAA total of 171 sets respirable dust samples were collected from 25 underground coal mines in several regions of the United States. One sample from each set was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) to determine particle size and mineralogy distributions. Results from the first eight mines were presented in the original dataset (Sarver et al., 2019). Here, the dataset is updated to include results from all 25 mines and to further subclassify particle mineralogy using improved SEM-EDX routines. The current article presents particle mineralogy binned by size between about 100–10,000 nm on a per sample basis, and data is also available on a per particle basis. Discussion of the SEM-EDX data is included in a parallel research article “Particle size and mineralogy distributions in respirable dust samples from 25 US underground coal mines” (Sarver et al., 2021). Moreover, sequential digestions and analysis of the digestates by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS) were used to estimate mass concentrations of potentially bioaccessible and total-acid soluble metals and trace elements in the respirable dust samples. Results are included here for a total of 76 samples representing 15 mines; results from first eight mines were presented in the original dataset (Sarver et al., 2019) and discussed in an earlier research article (Sarver et al., 2019).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340922003353Respirable dustCoal miningOccupational healthBlack lung |
| spellingShingle | Cigdem Keles Maria Jaramillo Taborda Emily Sarver Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US mines Data in Brief Respirable dust Coal mining Occupational health Black lung |
| title | Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US mines |
| title_full | Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US mines |
| title_fullStr | Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US mines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US mines |
| title_short | Updating “Characteristics of respirable dust in eight Appalachian coal mines: A dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions, and metal and trace element mass concentrations” with expanded data to cover a total of 25 US mines |
| title_sort | updating characteristics of respirable dust in eight appalachian coal mines a dataset including particle size and mineralogy distributions and metal and trace element mass concentrations with expanded data to cover a total of 25 us mines |
| topic | Respirable dust Coal mining Occupational health Black lung |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340922003353 |
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