Table 1.
Size distribution of one crocidolite sample according to log(number of particles/mg) (from [[58]])
|
Diameter (μm) |
Length (μm) |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >0.01-1 | >1-4 | >4-8 | >8-64 | >64 | |
| >8.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| >4.0-8.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| >2.5-4.0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| >1.5-2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| >0.5-1.5 |
3.53 |
4.53 |
4.37 |
4.30 |
- |
| >0.25-0.5 |
4.22 |
4.53 |
4.70 |
4.22 |
|
| >0.10-0.25 |
5.55 |
5.57 |
4.73 |
4.00 |
|
| >0.05-0.10 |
5.71 |
4.96 |
- |
4.00 |
|
| >0.01-0.05 | 4.57 | 3.83 | - | - | - |
This table shows that a sample of fibers with a geometric (or arithmetic) mean length lower than 5 μm contains fractions of fibers with greater lengths.