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. 2022 Jul 15;10:907157. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.907157

Table 5.

Mean quartz content in dust in German coal mines.

Particle size Quartz (% by weight) Dust concentrations (mg/m3)
Total dust 4.1 ± 3.3 53.1 ± 29.4
Dust <7 microns 4.3 ± 3.0 25.3 ± 13.0
Dust <5 microns 2.9 ± 1.9 9.2 ± 7.9
Dust <3 microns 2.2 ± 1.6 2.1 ± 1.6

From Leiteritz et al. (12); abstracted from Table 9 (7).