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74 Annals New York Academy of Sciences
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in the study of ooal miners' lung residues. Tbe use of antifoeming sgenti pfrom Great Britni
(Talvitie A Brewer, IMS') ha* chanted the situation, and it is likely ths ['bund, irrespective
destruction of the lung tissue with hydrogen peroxide or anhydrous form*- ' faulty technique s
tnide would be better method* than ashing, although the residues wcuH ,'asbestos, eepeciall;
Istill have to be. freed from carbonaceous materials and, if present, hy Vllkely that this
droxyapatite; asbestos bodies, do -not seem .to be attacked by hydrojn is. real and nee
peroxide, -
7' fubestoa does get c
. In the study of asbestos lungs from South Africa the acetic acid methoi, ito start with a re; ".'was Vised because we wished to avold'isshing and because this method wu` -(blnurn, which wo
.. uaed as a routine, at the time, in the study of coal miners' lungs. Althoagb ^..physlcocheniic
^'not ultableforth* Isolation of chryeotBe^iiseenw to.be apoaslhlejnetK
j'^for'laolatitig anioelte iiid crocidoirte; Yt
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terlal that forms' asbestos bodies,'.but'it leaves carbonaceous material is- residues would be
tact. "Coal".is in fact determined by the loea in weight found on.sshlai The most prove
the acetic acid residues.''
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The acetie acid method was used pn IS samples of the previously examW :;mo*l other forms
asbestosla lungs from Great Britain.'The yield was, on average, about fcaX. develop. A theory
of that given by extracting the S80* ash with OJ N hydrochloric acid',] advanced (Nageb
Although the acetic acid, residues contain more carbonaceous tnaterU), 7. Ing in the lungs
they weigh lets because most of tbe iron compounds are missing.
t'pneumoconiosis, :
Separation of ckryiotOe. Electrophoresis of dust in 0.001 molar sodiun severity offibros
chloride at pHBwas uaed ln the Sheffield laboratory In tbe etudy of allidj modifications. Oieervailons by Bergman and' La'ngriab suggest thiit it may' ; advanced staged
be possible by this technique to separate chryaotlle, as this mineral carrl* 7fibrosis, as seon 1
L a strong positive charge in contrast to amoeite, crooidolite, quarts. Ilicc.
and kaolin,; which are all negatively
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In general, tbe more tbe asbestos can be concentrated' in a sample
expressed by Bep
easier. is its .identification. .Mlcroaceqpy^wJth. polarised Ughljmdyu.lUbk
Vi?^ImmersionItmiida'and'X-ray or eloctron dlffrkeifon^are nrdbabiyJtll* mA^S^isny years after
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bow well thlstechnlqu# works vilth flbera of the sdw fotihd^ln^tihg'reridea
nor have we' any experience'with Interference microscopy |
... Electron microscopy bas been uafd to a limited extent. Strongly corvtf
.' fibers seem Indicative of chryaotlle although Huggins (1959) bas showi&Vgno**, j>. j. 5933.
that crocldolite (from Bolivia) may also occur In curved form..
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