Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Working safely with nanomaterials

The California Nanosafety Consortium of Higher Education released a Nanotookit in pdf. form on April 19, 2012.   It is a best practices document for researches using manufactured nano materials. A 2007 article in the Economist asked for something like the document above to be printed.   

There is an increase in research on nano particles.  Nano technology also plays an increasing role in hydraulic fracturing.  The number of US patents granted for nano technology has increased from 578 in the year 2000 to 4,398 in 2009. 

http://www.nanocleantechblog.com/tag/natural-gas/

http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2010/01/2009-record-year-for-nanotechnology.html

Careful research into proper controls is needed.  Preliminary information appears to suggest that fractal structured nanoaggragates added to HEPA filters improves the filtration of nano particles.




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