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DUST JAR [2 records]

Record 1 2021-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
CONT

The method [for measuring airborne dust-fall] works by leaving out onsite dust jars for a period of 30 days. … these jars [are] brought back to [the] laboratory for analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

[Une] partie du programme [d'échantillonnage] faisant usage des jarres à poussières (méthode gravimétrique) vise le suivi [des] retombées de poussières auprès des récepteurs sensibles environnementaux […]

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
DEF

… an open container used to collect large particles from the air for measurement and analysis [of] the commonest pollutant dust [that] is coarse enough to settle down fairly rapidly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air
CONT

Le suivi des émissions […] s'est fait à l'aide de […] jarres à poussières, qui mesurent essentiellement les grosses particules retombant rapidement sur le sol, par gravité […]

Spanish

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