Demonstration of Optical Microscopy and Image Processing to Classify Respirable Coal Mine Dust Particles

Respirable coal mine dust represents a serious health hazard for miners. Monitoring methods are needed that enable fractionation of dust into its primary components, and that do so in real time. Near the production face, a simple capability to monitor the coal versus mineral dust fractions would be...

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Main Authors: Nestor Santa, Cigdem Keles, J. R. Saylor, Emily Sarver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/8/838