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Fibrous Sepiolite Use As An Asbestos Substitute: Analytical Basics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Louis Solebello
Louis Solebello*
Affiliation:
International Asbestos Testing Laboratories Inc., Mt. Laurel, NJ
*
njlou1960@juno.com

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Open trade policies have influenced trends in global economic growth. Though difficult to account for all of the effects of this trend, a higher standard of living for previously distressed workers is measurable. This is in part due to acess to previously unavailable technologies. The effects of global economic growth extend further. In many countries, consumers enjoy unparalleled selection of high quality, low cost goods. The environmental impact of global growth is being studied in many ways. One area of study involves analysis and monitoring of product raw materials that many times are not in compliance with environmental regulations of the end user country. Raw material procurement and formulation by manufacturers presents a challenge to the environmental microscopist on several levels. The industrial use of sepiolite and some light microscopy basics of sepiolite is discussed here. Subsequent papers will explore this issue in greater detail as it relates to fibrous mineral analytical choices and techniques available to the environmental microscopist.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , July 2007 , pp. 18 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2007

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