Development of a method for analyzing quartz in different matrices by X-ray diffraction

Abstract

In Québec, quartz is one of the compounds causing the most fatalities related to workplace exposure to chemical substances. The people in charge of this project want to develop a method for analyzing quartz in materials and in the dusts deposited in the work environment, while evaluating the limits of application of the Rietveld quantification tool. This tool determines, as a percentage, the composition of each substance in a mixture.
The method developed by the IRSST’s Laboratory Services and Expertise team will allow professionals to be better supported in the production of their intervention plans by providing them not only with information on the nature of a mixture of unknown compounds, but also the quantification, as a percentage, of each of the inorganic compounds identified, including quartz.

Produced Under this Project

Scientific Publications

Développement d'une méthode d'analyse du quartz dans différentes matrices par diffraction des rayons X
Martin J., Beauparlant M., Lesage J., Van Tra H.
Source :
in La prévention un investissement qui rapporte : Congrès de l'AQHSST, (33e : 11-13 mai, 2011 : Trois-Rivières, Canada), 2011
Development of an analysis method for quantification of α-Quartz in complex matrices by x-ray diffraction combine with the rietveld method
Martin J., Beauparlant M., Lesage J., Van Tra H.
Source :
in La chimie en santé : Congrès canadien de chimie et exposition, (94e : 5-9 juin, 2011 : Montréal, Canada), 2011
Development of a quantification method for quartz in various bulk materials by x-ray diffraction and the Rietveld method
Joannie Martin, Beauparlant M., Lesage J., Van Tra H.
Source :
Powder Diffraction, vol. 27, no 1, 2012, p. 12-19
Development of a quantification method for quartz in various bulk materials by x-ray diffraction and the Rietveld method
Joannie Martin, Beauparlant M., Lesage J., Van Tra H.
Source :
in ASTM-Second Symposium on Silica and Associated Respirable Mineral Particles, (October 25-26, 2012: Atlanta, USA), 2012

Additional Information

Type: Project

Number: 0099-8540

Status: Completed

Year of completion: 2013

Research Field: Chemical and Biological Hazard Prevention

Team:

Martin Beauparlant (IRSST)
Huu Van Tra (Université du Québec à Montréal )
Joannie Martin (Université du Québec à Montréal )