| Title: | Physicochemical characterization of aerosol particles emitted by electrical appliances |
| Author(s): | Sysoltseva M; Winterhalter R; Frank A; Matzen W; Fembacher L; Scheu C; Fromme H; |
| Address: | "Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Department of Chemical Safety and Toxicology, Pfarrstrasse 3, D-80538 Munich, Germany. Electronic address: Marina.Sysoltseva@lgl.bayern.de. Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Department of Chemical Safety and Toxicology, Pfarrstrasse 3, D-80538 Munich, Germany. Max-Planck-Institut fur Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, D-40237 Dusseldorf, Germany. Max-Planck-Institut fur Eisenforschung GmbH, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, D-40237 Dusseldorf, Germany; Materials Analytics, RWTH Aachen University, Kopernikusstrasse 10, D-52074 Aachen, Germany" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.088 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Adverse health effects of airborne particulate matter depend on parameters like particle size, particle surface and chemical composition. Major emission of indoor particles is caused by combustion processes like tobacco smoking and cooking. Nevertheless, the use of household electrical appliances, such as vacuum cleaners, flat irons or hair dryers, can produce particles as well. In this study the emissions of different hair dryers and flat irons were investigated using a test chamber. The particle number concentrations, particle volume concentrations, as well as the size distributions were measured. Particles were sampled and analyzed by electron microscopy, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and gas chromatography mass spectrometry. Moreover different volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured. Each tested appliance, especially flat irons produced small particles with diameters far below 100nm and might be a nonnegligible source for indoor particles. Copper was the main identified element in most of the particles emitted from hair dryers, but in the emission of two hair dryers silver-containing nanoparticles were found as well. Various VOCs were observed in the emission of both flat irons and hair dryers, while cyclic siloxanes were detected only in the emission of flat irons. The use of flat irons or hair dryers may significantly contribute to the personal particle exposure" |
| Keywords: | Cyclic siloxanes Electrical appliances Exposure Particle emission Particulate matter Voc; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINESysoltseva, Marina Winterhalter, Richard Frank, Anna Matzen, Wolfgang Fembacher, Ludwig Scheu, Christina Fromme, Hermann eng Netherlands 2018/05/08 Sci Total Environ. 2018 Apr 1; 619-620:1143-1152. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.088. Epub 2017 Nov 29" |
