Metal Ion Release from Engineered Stone Dust in Artificial Lysosomal Fluid—Variation with Time and Stone Type

Respirable Silica Dust Suppression During Artificial Stone Countertop Cutting

PURPOSE To assess the relative efficacy of three types of controls in reducing respirable silica exposure during artificial stone countertop cutting with a handheld circular saw. APPROACH A handheld worm drive circular saw equipped with a diamond segmented blade was fitted with water supply to wet the blade as is typical. The normal wetted-blade condition was compared to (i) wetted-blade plus...

Production of artificial stone slabs using waste granite and marble stone sludge samples

In this work, the waste stone sludge obtained from the granite and marble stone processing factories was used for the manufacture of artificial stones using vibratory compaction in a vacuum environment. The results obtained showed that water absorption and density increased, and the flexure, compressive, and tensile strengths decreased with increase in the content of the waste stone sludge. The...

Artificial stone dust-induced functional and inflammatory abnormalities in exposed workers monitored quantitatively by biometrics

The manufacture of kitchen and bath countertops in Israel is based mainly on artificial stone that contains 93% silica as natural quartz, and ∼3500 workers are involved in cutting and processing it. Artificial stone produces high concentrations of silica dust. Exposure to crystalline silica may cause silicosis, an irreversible lung disease. Our aim was to screen exposed workers by quantitative ...

Stone 6: Artificial Sedimentary Meteorites in Space

stetter, H.G.M. Edwards, C.S. Cockell, J. Parnell, J. Pillinger, S. Sancisi-Frey, I. Franchi,, G. Kurat, A. Brack. 1 Centre de Biophysique Molécualire-CNRS and Université d’Orléans, 45071 Orléans cedex 2, France ([email protected]). 2 European Space & Technology Centre (ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien. ...

Stone Composition in Patients Who Undergo Renal Stone Surgery: Review of 423 Stone Analyses in Southern Iran