Table 2.
Detection limit of asbestos fiber’s type and technology used.
| Technology used | Chrysotile LOD* | Amphibole LOD* | Reference Cronological Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEM with SAED | ** | ** | Patel-Mandlik, 1981 [16] |
| TEM with EDX | 0.04 | 0.04 | Huang et al., 1988 [9] |
| STEM with EDS | 0.076 (control group) | 0.076 (control group) | Ehrlich et al., 1991 [10] |
| 0.95 (exposed group) | 0.95 (exposed group) | ||
| TEM with EDS | 0.02 | 0.02 | Molinini et al., 1992 [18] |
| SEM | 0.1 | 0.1 | Tossavainen et al., 1994 [17] |
| TEM with EDS | 0.006 | 0.006 | Pollice et al., 1995 [19] |
| TEM with EDS | 0 | 0 | Pollice et al., 1997 [14] |
| SEM with EDX | 0.063 | 0.063 | Muller et al., 2001 [12] |
| TEM with EDX | 0.05 | 0.02 | Uibu et al., 2009 [20] |
| SEM and EDS | 3 | 3 | Croce et al., 2018 [15] |
| SEM with EDS | 0.03 (Healthy tissue) 0.08 (Neoplastic tissue) |
0.03 (Healty tissue) 0.08 (Neoplastic tissue) |
Rinaudo et al., 2021 [13] |
* Limit of Detection (mfgdt): When the DL was not specified the lowest value observed was reported.
** The article reports, “If no fibers were observed in ten grid openings of two grids prepared from 100 mg dry weight of tissue, the value of F/mg dry weight would be Below Detection (BD) level.”
TEM=Transmission electron microscope, SAED=Selected area electron diffraction, EDX=Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis.
EDS=Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, SEM=Scanning electron microscope, ATEM=Analytical Transmission electron microscope.
STEM: Scanning Trasmission Electron Microscopy