STUDY OF THE OXIDISING CAPACITY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN RELATION WITH SILICA CONTENT

Hector Garcia-Gonzalez; Maria Teresa Lopez-Pola; Daniel Antuña-Jiméne; María Begoña Garcia; Pablo Fanjul Bolado

doi:10.24840/978-989-54863-4-2

STUDY OF THE OXIDISING CAPACITY OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS IN RELATION WITH SILICA CONTENT

Authors

Hector Garcia-Gonzalez, Instituto Nacional de Silicosis; Maria Teresa Lopez-Pola, Instituto Nacional de Silicosis; Daniel Antuña-Jiméne, Metrohm DropSens S.L.; María Begoña Garcia, Metrohm DropSens S.L.; Pablo Fanjul Bolado, Metrohm DropSens S.L.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24840/978-989-54863-4-2_0285-0290

Synopsis

Silica dust is a significant concern in the industry; it is clear that freshly fractured silica is more dangerous
than aged fractured silica. However, it is not well studied if the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) can be the key to the dangerousness of silica.