DUST -- DUST -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF URBAN DUSTS IN SLOVENIA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Emission and Deposition of Metals in Dust -- 1.2. Household and Attic Dust -- 2. DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA -- 2.1. Geographical Description of the Area -- 2.2. Geological Description of the Area -- 2.3. Pollution of the Study Area with Heavy Metals -- 3. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3.1. Sampling -- 3.2. Laboratory Preparation -- 3.3. Chemical Analysis -- 3.4. Data Processing -- 4. RESULTS -- 4.1. Basic Statistics and Normality of Distribution -- 4.2. Enrichment Factors (EF) -- 4.3. Correlations between Chemical Compositions of Sampling Media -- 4.4. Multivariate Statistics -- 5. DISCUSSION -- 5.1. Natural Distribution of Chemical Elements -- 5.1.1. Association of Ti, V, Al, Th, Sc, Fe, Y, Nb, Co, Mn and La -- 5.1.2. Association of Ba, Na and La -- 5.2. Anthropogenic Distribution of Chemical Elements -- 5.2.1. Association Pb, Zn, Cd, Sb, Mo, Hg, Sn and Cu -- 5.3. Association of Ni, Cr and Co -- 5.4. Distribution of Particular Metals in Sampled Media -- 5.4.1. Cadmium (Cd) -- 5.4.2. Lead (Pb) -- 5.4.3. Mercury (Hg) -- 5.4.4. Chromium (Cr) -- 5.5. Influence of the Urbanization to the Concentrations of Elements in Topsoil, Attic Dust and Household Dust -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DISTRIBUTION OF HEAVY METALS IN ATTIC AND DEPOSITED DUST IN THE VICINITY OF COPPER ORE PROCESSING AND FERRONICKEL SMELTER PLANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Atmospheric Dust -- 1.2. Dust Deposition -- 1.3. Heavy Metals (Dust) Emission -- 1.4. Monitoring of Heavy Metals (Dust) Deposition -- 1.5. Study Issue -- 2. STUDY AREA -- 2.1. Radoviš (Copper Mine Case Study) -- 2.1.1. Geological Description -- 2.2. Kavadarci (Ferronickel Smelter Plant Case Study) -- 2.2.1. Geological Description.

3. MATERIALS AND METHODS -- 3.1. Sampling and Sampling Preparation -- 3.2. Instrumentation -- 3.3. Data Processing -- 4. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 4.1. Attic Dust as Sampling Media -- 4.1.1. Copper Ore Processing Case Study -- 4.1.2. Ferronickel Smelter Plant Case -- 4.2. Total Deposited Dust as Sampling Media -- 4.2.1. Copper Mining and Ore Processing Case -- 4.2.2. Ferro-Nickel Smelter Plant Case -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- METHODS FOR THE CHARACTERISATION AND CONTROL OF DUST IN MATERIALS HANDLING APPLICATIONS WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON PASSIVE DUST CONTROL IN TRANSFER CHUTES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHARACTERISATION TECHNIQUES -- Particle Size Distribution -- Minimum Pick-Up Velocity -- Dustiness Tester -- Wind Tunnel Testing -- Occupational Health and Safety Standards -- ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES -- Continuum Method -- Computational Fluid Dynamics -- Single Phase Flow -- Multiphase Flow -- Two Phase Simulation -- Three Phase Simulation -- Discrete Element Modelling -- Computational Fluid Dynamics Coupled with Discrete Element Modelling -- Indirect Coupling -- Direct Coupling -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- BLOWING DUST AND DUST STORMS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE ARABIAN GULF -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS -- 3. ATMOSPHERIC MECHANISMS AND DYNAMICS -- 4. DUST STORM TYPES -- 5. FREQUENCY AND DURATION -- 6. NWP MODEL SAND STORM FORECAST INDEX -- 7. SATELLITE IMAGERY -- 8. PREDICTION GUIDELINES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SOURCES OF DUST: THEIR CONTROL AND HAZARD IN KUWAIT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DUST AND DUSTSTORMS: DEFINITIONS AND TYPES -- 2.1. Definitions -- 2.2. Dust Types -- 2.2.1. Duststorms -- 2.2.2. Rising Dust -- 2.2.3. Suspended Dust -- 3. THE MAIN PROCESSES OF DUST-FALLOUT -- 3.1. Causes of Duststorms -- 4. SOURCES OF DUSTSTORMS.

4.1. Global Distribution of Duststorm Frequency -- 5. HAZARDOUS IMPACTS OF DUST AND SAND STORMS -- 5.1. Physical and Environmental Impacts -- 5.2. Economic Impact -- 5.3. Social Impact -- 5.4. Health Impact -- 6. CONTROLLING DUSTSTORMS -- REFERENCES -- WEB SITES -- PHOTOCHEMICAL AND CLIMATE IMPLICATIONS OF AIRBORNE DUST -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1. DUST DIRECT AND INDIRECT CLIMATE FORCING -- 1.1. A Brief Description of Direct and Indirect Forcing -- 1.2. Describing Light Scattering and Absorption by Particles -- PART 2. IMPACT OF DUST ON ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY -- 2.1. Alteration of Actinic Flux by Dust: Light Absorption -- 2.2. Chemistry on Dust Surfaces -- 2.2.1. Properties of and Alteration of Mineral Dust Surfaces -- 2.2.2. Mineral Dust Surface Area: Additional Effects on Atmospheric Gases -- 2.2.3. Mineral Dust: Soluble Iron and Fenton Chemistry -- CONCLUSION -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY -- REFERENCES -- DUST EXPLOSIONS: PROTECTION OF SILOS BY VENTING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. AN OVERVIEW OF DUST EXPLOSION PROTECTION IN SILOS -- 3. THE DESC PROJECT -- 4. SIMULATION OF VENTED DUST EXPLOSIONS IN SILOS -- 4.1. Influence of Dust Cloud Characteristics on Simulations -- 4.2. Influence of Inertia -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CONTAMINATION OF DUST PARTICLES BY HEAVY METALS: THE ROLE OF SOURCES AND TRANSPORTATION PATHWAYS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERALL REGIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL SETTING -- SAMPLING -- Local Background Samples -- Dust Samples -- METHODOLOGY -- Sample Pre-treatment -- Total Concentrations and Mineralogy -- RESULTS -- Total Concentrations -- Spatial Distribution -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMENDATIONS -- Regulatory Issues -- Need to Monitor -- Industrial Sites -- At the Work Place -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT BY THE ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS OF FOLIAGE DUST -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HEAVY METALS IN DUST -- CASE STUDY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.