Table 5.
Percentage of particles that belong to a specific particle-size category based on their Dae, which was determined by using different microscopy imaging techniques.
| Optical 10×(not ground) | SEM 200×(ground) | SEM 2000×(ground) | TEM 25000×(ground) | Merged | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhalable (<100 μm) | 43.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| PM10 (equivalent to thoracic) | 0.00% | 49.00% | 99.00% | 100.00% | 81.02% |
| Respirable (<4 μm) | 0.00% | 10.00% | 86.00% | 100.00% | 65.74% |
| PM2.5 | 0.00% | 1.00% | 66.00% | 100.00% | 55.09% |