• openAccess   Determinants of workplace exposure and release of ultrafine particles during atmospheric plasma spraying in the ceramic industry 

      Viana, Marcelo; Fonseca, A.S.; Querol, Xavier; López Lilao, Ana; Carpio Cobo, Pablo; Salmatonidis, Apostolos; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2017)
      Atmospheric plasma spraying (APS) is a frequently used technique to produce enhanced-property coatings for different materials in the ceramic industry. This work aimed to characterise and quantify the impact of APS on ...
    • openAccess   Efecto del procesado de materias primas sobre su poder de emisión de polvo 

      López Lilao, Ana; Juárez, Manon; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Mallol Gasch, Gustavo; Monfort, Eliseo Elsevier (2017)
      En la manipulación y/o procesado de materiales pulverulentos en la industria cerámica, uno de los riesgos más importantes desde el punto de vista ambiental y de higiene laboral es la generación de polvo ambiental. En este ...
    • openAccess   Workplace Exposure to Nanoparticles during Thermal Spraying of Ceramic Coatings 

      Salmatonidis, Apostolos; Ribalta, Carla; Sanfélix Forner, Vicenta; Bezantakos, Spyridon; Biskos, George; Vulpoi , Adriana; Simion, Simon; Monfort, Eliseo; Viana, Mar Oxford University Press (OUP) (2019-01)
      Thermal spraying is widely used for industrial-scale application of ceramic coatings onto metallic surfaces. The particular process has implications for occupational health, as the high energy process generates high emissions ...