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. 2016 May 3;60(6):684–699. doi: 10.1093/annhyg/mew023

Table 2.

Stationary air concentration levels of total dust, inhalable dust, PM2.5, PM10, cobalt, and tungsten (mg m−3) and real-time measurements of particle surface area and particle number concentrations (n = 28)

Substance n AM SD GM GSD Range
Inhalable dust 28 0.03 0.015 0.027 1.6 <0.01–0.07
Co (inhal) 27a 0.00074 0.00092 0.0003 5.0 <0.0000041–0.0034
W (inhal) 27a 0.0056 0.0058 0.0027 4.0 <0.000081–0.017
Total dust 28 0.044 0.025 0.04 1.4 <0.03–0.15
Co (tot) 28 0.00071 0.0011 0.00024 5.3 <0.0000071–0.0053
W (tot) 28 0.0051 0.0058 0.0024 3.9 <0.00014–0.02
PM2.5 28 0.049 0.029 0.044 1.6 <0.042–0.14
Co (PM2.5) 28 0.000031 0.000037 0.000018 2.7 <0.000010–0.00016
W (PM2.5) 28 0.00039 0.00043 0.00028 2.1 <0.00021–0.0021
PM10 28 0.052 0.025 0.048 1.6 <0.042–0.12
Co (PM10) 28 0.00043 0.00048 0.00018 5.0 <0.000010–0.0017
W (PM10) 28 0.0032 0.0033 0.0017 3.6 <0.00023–0.011
Particle surface area (µm2·cm−3) mean 22 7.6 3.9 6.7 1.7 2.1–15
Particle surface area (µm2·cm−3) min 22 2.0 1.8 1 2.3 1–6.9
Particle surface area (µm2·cm−3) max 22 150 560 30 3.6 5.9–2700
Particle number (p·cm−3) mean 27 3000 1500 2700 1.6 1200–8000
Particle number (p·cm−3) min 27 1200 620 1000 1.8 220–2900
Particle number (p·cm−3) max 27 13 000 13 000 9400 2.3 2500–54 000

AM, arithmetic mean; n, number of measurements; GSD, geometric standard deviation; GM, geometric mean; SD, standard deviation; range: min–max.

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