Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formation

Abstract The paper contains the results of investigation of interconnections between coals’ vitrinite structural features, mode of its crushing under the cyclic nanoindentation with increasing peak load and coals’ proneness to formation of airborne respirable dust (ARD) with particles sized < 10 ...

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Main Authors: Svetlana A. Epshtein, Elena L. Kossovich, Nadezhda N. Dobryakova, Jie Hao, Yulia E. Andreeva, Vera A. Krasilova
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
Series:International Journal of Coal Science & Technology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-025-00800-6
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author Svetlana A. Epshtein
Elena L. Kossovich
Nadezhda N. Dobryakova
Jie Hao
Yulia E. Andreeva
Vera A. Krasilova
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description Abstract The paper contains the results of investigation of interconnections between coals’ vitrinite structural features, mode of its crushing under the cyclic nanoindentation with increasing peak load and coals’ proneness to formation of airborne respirable dust (ARD) with particles sized < 10 μm (PM10). A specific value of PM10 contents in coals normalized on a fines fraction (with particles sizes of less than 200 μm) was used as a measure of proneness to ARD formation. It has been shown that the aforementioned parameter is predefined by the ratio of amorphous and crystalline carbon compounds in vitrinite and the mode of its crushing. Some preliminary investigation have been done in order to characterize the involvement of inertinite in ARD formation. It was proposed that the inertinite is not as actively involved in the processes of ARD formation of coals as vitrinite, having a more diverse structural features in terms of amorphous to crystalline carbon compounds ratio.
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spelling doaj-art-a428c7ee54264f76b1c1efffcaaddb082025-08-20T02:30:49ZengSpringerOpenInternational Journal of Coal Science & Technology2095-82932198-78232025-06-0112111010.1007/s40789-025-00800-6Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formationSvetlana A. Epshtein0Elena L. Kossovich1Nadezhda N. Dobryakova2Jie Hao3Yulia E. Andreeva4Vera A. Krasilova5National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”Abstract The paper contains the results of investigation of interconnections between coals’ vitrinite structural features, mode of its crushing under the cyclic nanoindentation with increasing peak load and coals’ proneness to formation of airborne respirable dust (ARD) with particles sized < 10 μm (PM10). A specific value of PM10 contents in coals normalized on a fines fraction (with particles sizes of less than 200 μm) was used as a measure of proneness to ARD formation. It has been shown that the aforementioned parameter is predefined by the ratio of amorphous and crystalline carbon compounds in vitrinite and the mode of its crushing. Some preliminary investigation have been done in order to characterize the involvement of inertinite in ARD formation. It was proposed that the inertinite is not as actively involved in the processes of ARD formation of coals as vitrinite, having a more diverse structural features in terms of amorphous to crystalline carbon compounds ratio.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-025-00800-6CoalPM10Airborne respirable dustVitriniteCyclic nanoindentationRaman spectroscopy
spellingShingle Svetlana A. Epshtein
Elena L. Kossovich
Nadezhda N. Dobryakova
Jie Hao
Yulia E. Andreeva
Vera A. Krasilova
Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formation
International Journal of Coal Science & Technology
Coal
PM10
Airborne respirable dust
Vitrinite
Cyclic nanoindentation
Raman spectroscopy
title Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formation
title_full Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formation
title_fullStr Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formation
title_full_unstemmed Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formation
title_short Coals’ proneness to airborne respirable dust formation
title_sort coals proneness to airborne respirable dust formation
topic Coal
PM10
Airborne respirable dust
Vitrinite
Cyclic nanoindentation
Raman spectroscopy
url https://doi.org/10.1007/s40789-025-00800-6
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