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European Journal of Mineralogy; December; v. 20; no. 6; p. 1027-1033; DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1838
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MSA/GS, ANL Short Course on Amphiboles

Synthesis and characterization of tremolite asbestos fibres

Andrea Bloise1, Elisa Fornero2, Elena Belluso1,3,*, Eugenio Barrese4 and Caterina Rinaudo2

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Mineralogiche e Petrologiche, Università di Torino – Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125, Torino, Italy
2 Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente e della Vita, Università del Piemonte Orientale – Via Bellini 25/G, 15100, Alessandria, Italy
3 Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, CNR-Unità di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125, Torino, Italy
4 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università della Calabria – Via Pietro Bucci, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy

* Corresponding author, e-mail: elena.belluso{at}unito.it

Fibres of Fe-free tremolitic amphibole were synthesized using hydrothermal conditions. The run products contained only minor amounts of one other phase, quartz, as determined by X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD).

The fibrous material was characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopies combined with energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS and TEM-EDS), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetry (TG) and micro-Raman spectroscopy. The average length and width of the fibres, as determined by SEM and TEM on about 600 fibrils, fall within the definition of breathable fibres and potentially carcinogenic. Electron diffraction patterns of selected areas (SAED) from single fibres revealed a high crystallinity. Raman spectroscopy showed bands matching those observed on natural samples of tremolite. These synthetic and well-characterized fibres can be used in in vitro studies, where cell reactions to synthetic and natural tremolite fibres are compared.

Key-words: synthetic tremolite asbestos, SEM-EDS, TEM-EDS, XRPD, micro-Raman, DSC-TG characterization.






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