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E. I. DuPont
May 18, 1983
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Two (2) filter cassette sauries and one blank wars received from
E. I. DuPont, Beaumont works, Beaumont, Texas for asbestos fiber count-
analysis. Due to excessive loading of airborne material on filter 52-1,
conventional analysis was considered impractical. This filter was then examined via Polarized light Microscopy for asbestos identification and content analysts.
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P & CAM METHOD 239
Sample
r Fields
identification lObserved
Blank 5Z-6 52-1 .
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20
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'Fibers Observed (>5" u)
Fibers
Air Row
.per (liters/rnln.)
Filter
Volume
1 2850
#5
154 2,194,500
-,.MW
Fibers per
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Asbestos identification and content a'wnalysis via Polarized Light Microscopy. i /A
A portion of filter 52-1 was prepared for analysis following P S CAM
Method 239. Analysis of the sample confirmed that in excess of .50* of the
"DUST* collected on filter 52-1 was chrysotlle asbestos. The attached photographs were taken at 40X, 200X, and 400X magnifications.
* unable to read. due. to excessive loading. ** These aneTyses were included at the request
of Dr. Berlin Cassidy, E.I. DuPont, Beaumont Works.
Jgnny H. Vickers Chemist
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