Nov 18, 2013 |
Developing voluntary safety management techniques for carbon nanotubes: Protocol and guide
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(Nanowerk News) Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC)—a consortium of nine companies and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) — is developing voluntary safety management techniques for carbon nanotubes (CNTs) under the project (no. P10024) “Innovative carbon nanotubes composite materials project toward achieving a low-carbon society,” which is sponsored by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
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As a direct result of the project, they have published following two documents as a means of CNT safety management. You might find these documents helpful with regard to voluntary safety management of CNTs.
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The protocols of preparation, characterization and in vitro cell based assays for safety testing of carbon nanotubes
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The document is available in Japanese.
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Guide to measuring airborne carbon nanotubes in workplaces
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This document is a guide to measuring airborne CNTs in workplaces, as a means of CNT safety management. This guide summarizes the available practical methods for measuring airborne CNTs: (1) on-line aerosol measurement, (2) off-line quantitative analysis (e.g., thermal carbon analysis), and (3) sample collection for electron microscope observation, and also presents measurement cases performed by TASC.
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