TY - JOUR A1 - Karrasch, Stefan A1 - Simon, M. A1 - Herbig, Britta A1 - Langner, Jeanette A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Kronseder, A. A1 - Peters, S. A1 - Dietrich-Gümperlein, G. A1 - Schierl, R. A1 - Nowak, D. A1 - Jörres, R.A. ED - Nazaroff, William T1 - Health effects of laser printer emissions: a controlled exposure study N2 - Ultrafine particles emitted from laser printers are suspected to elicit adverse health effects. We performed 75-minute exposures to emissions of laser printing devices (LPDs) in a standardized, randomized, cross- over manner in 23 healthy subjects, 14 mild, stable asthmatics, and 15 persons reporting symptoms associated with LPD emissions. Low-level exposures (LLE) ranged at the particle background (3000 cm−3) and High-level exposures (HLE) at 100 000 cm−3. Examinations before and after exp sures included spirometry, body plethysmography, transfer factors for CO and NO (TLCO, TLNO), bronchial and alveolar NO, cytokines in serum and nasal secretions (IL-1β, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, GM-CSF, IFNγ, TNFα), serum ECP, and IgE. Across all participants, no statistically significant changes occurred for lung mechanics and NO. There was a decrease in volume-related TLNO that was more pronounced in HLE, but the difference to LLE was not significant. ECP and IgE increased in the same way after exposures. Nasal IL-6 showed a higher increase after LLE. There was no coherent pattern regarding the responses in the participant subgroups or single sets of variables. In conclusion, the experimental acute responses to short but very high-level LPD exposures were small and did not indicate clinically relevant effects compared to low particle number concentrations. KW - Emission KW - Exposure KW - Laser printer KW - Lung function KW - Respiratory health KW - Ultrafine particles PY - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12366 SN - 1600-0668 VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 753 EP - 765 PB - John Wiley & Sons Ltd. CY - London AN - OPUS4-42593 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Reinsch, Stefan A1 - Böcker, Wolfgang D. G. A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Unger, Brita ED - Specht, K. T1 - Development of wood-inorganic composites with enhanced properties and environmental stability T2 - 4th International Wood and Natural Fibre Composites Symposium CY - Kassel, Germany DA - 2002-04-10 PY - 2002 VL - 4 SP - 50-1-50-6 CY - Kassel AN - OPUS4-1365 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut A1 - Mitropetros, Constantinos A1 - Bender, Josef A1 - Seeger, Hansjörg A1 - Seifert, Stefan A1 - Wendler, Reinhold A1 - Plewinsky, Bodo T1 - Heterogene Explosionen PY - 2002 SN - 1434-9728 SN - 1436-4948 SN - 0372-2457 SN - 0376-1185 VL - 43 IS - 3 SP - 39 EP - 45 PB - Springer-VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-1309 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mitropetros, Constantinos A1 - Fomine, Pavel A1 - Seeger, Hansjörg A1 - Bender, Josef A1 - Seifert, Stefan A1 - Steinbach, J. A1 - Plewinsky, B. A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut T1 - Shock induced bubble explosion in a monodispersed organic liquid T2 - Plasma Physics and Short Time Scale Physics Spring Meeting CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 2003-03-24 PY - 2003 SN - 0420-0195 SN - 0372-5448 SN - 0343-9216 VL - 38-4 IS - K 5.9 SP - 22 CY - Bad Honnef AN - OPUS4-2743 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mitropetros, Constantinos A1 - Fomine, Pavel A1 - Seeger, Hansjörg A1 - Bender, Josef A1 - Seifert, Stefan A1 - Steinbach, J. A1 - Plewinsky, B. A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut T1 - Cavitation after shock wave propagation inside a chemically active organic bubbly liquid T2 - Plasma Physics and Short Time Scale Physics Spring Meeting CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 2003-03-24 PY - 2003 SN - 0420-0195 SN - 0372-5448 SN - 0343-9216 VL - 38-4 IS - K 5.10 SP - 22 CY - Bad Honnef AN - OPUS4-2744 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mitropetros, Constantinos A1 - Fomine, Pavel A1 - Seeger, Hansjörg A1 - Bender, Josef A1 - Seifert, Stefan A1 - Steinbach, J. A1 - Plewinsky, B. A1 - Hieronymus, Hartmut T1 - Detonation Wave Impact on the Surface of a Chemically Active Organic Bubbly Liquid T2 - Plasma Physics and Short Time Scale Physics Spring Meeting CY - Aachen, Germany DA - 2003-03-24 PY - 2003 SN - 0420-0195 SN - 0372-5448 SN - 0343-9216 VL - 38-4 IS - K 5.8 SP - 22 CY - Bad Honnef AN - OPUS4-2742 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Theoretical Approach to Designing Protection: Selecting a Geomembrane Strain Criterion Geosynthetics: Protecting the Environment T2 - 1st IGS UK Chapter National Geosynthetics Symposium CY - Nottingham, England DA - 2003-06-17 PY - 2003 AN - OPUS4-5409 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Granta CES Web Software Helps Promote Natural Fibre Eco-Materials N2 - Dr. Stefan Seeger of the German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung - BAM) tells of his successful experience using Granta's CES software to make an eco-materials knowledge resource for automotive, construction, and other industries in the Berlin region. T2 - Abfallwirtschaft für Wien CY - Wien, Österreich DA - 2004-06-24 PY - 2005 SP - 1 EP - 2 PB - Granta CY - Cambridge AN - OPUS4-7582 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Holzlöhner, Ulrich A1 - Meggyes, Tamás A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Landfill Technology in Germany PY - 1999 SN - 0967-0513 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 14 pages PB - EPP Publ. CY - Richmond AN - OPUS4-7585 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Anforderungen an Dichtungskontrollsysteme in Oberflächenabdichtungen von Deponien - Überblick der Empfehlungen des Arbeitskreises Dichtungskontrollsysteme T2 - 17. Fachtagung "Die Sichere Deponie" CY - Würzburg, Deutschland DA - 2001-02-15 PY - 2001 IS - 17 SP - 1 EP - 11(?) PB - SKZ CY - Würzburg AN - OPUS4-7580 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Untersuchung der Wirksamkeit von Filtern zum Schutz vor Partikelemissionen aus Laserdrucksystemen N2 - Laserdrucksysteme (Laserdrucker, -kopierer, Multifunktionsgeräte) emittieren in sehr unterschiedlichen Mengen Partikel im Größenbereich zwischen 5 und 300 nm, die im Druckbetrieb überwiegend durch Kondensation aus der Gasphase entstehen. Eine präventive Minderung dieser Emissionen ist sinnvoll. Die Filtration der in Laserdruckern entstehenden Aerosole bietet eine Option für eine wirksame Emissionsminderung. Die untersuchten Filter mit verschiedenen Filterkonzepten zeigten in ihrer Wirkung deutliche Unterschiede. Die Ergebnisse unterstreichen die Notwendigkeit der gerätespezifischen Optimierung von Filtern für die Anwendung in Laserdrucksystemen.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laser printing devices are sources of particle emission in different quantities in the size range between 5 and 300 nm. The particles are predominantly generated by re-condensation from the gas phase. Emission mitigation as a precautionary measure should be considered and exhaust air filtration is one technical option. Two particle filters with different filter concepts were compared and revealed different levels of performance. The result underpins the need for individual filter solutions for laser printing devices. PY - 2012 SN - 0949-8036 SN - 0039-0771 SN - 1436-4891 VL - 72 IS - 5 SP - 198 EP - 202 PB - Springer-VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-27520 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Juritsch, Elevtheria A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Erfassung der Zahl feiner und ultrafeiner Partikel aus Bürogeräten während der Druckphase zur Entwicklung eines Prüfverfahrens für das Umweltzeichen Blauer Engel für Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion (UFOPLAN 370895301) KW - Bürogeräte mit Laserdruckfunktion KW - Feine und ultrafeine Partikel KW - Chemische Emissionen KW - Blauer Engel PY - 2013 UR - http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/erfassung-zahl-feiner-ultrafeiner-partikel-aus SN - 1862-4804 SN - 0722-186X IS - 74 SP - 1 EP - 189 PB - Umweltbundesamt CY - Dessau-Roßlau AN - OPUS4-27523 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Gusovius, H.-J. A1 - Wallot, G. T1 - A new measurement method to evaluate length related properties of natural fibres T2 - International Congress on Particle Technology, PARTEC 2007 CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 2007-03-27 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-15024 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Beobachtung und Analyse komplexer Emissionsereignisse am Beispiel partikelförmiger und gasförmiger Emissionen aus Laserdruckern T2 - Seminar: Particle measurement from science to industry CY - Braunschweig, Germany DA - 2007-06-05 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-15029 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Böcker, Wolfgang D. G. T1 - Quantitative characterization of nanoparticle emissions from office machines with printing function T2 - Ultrafine Particles in Urban Air - Abschlusskonferenz des EU-Projektes UFIPOLNET, Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie LfUG CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 2007-10-23 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-17612 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Brödner, Doris A1 - Juritsch, Elevtheria A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Sampling and characterisation of ultra fine particles released from laser printers T2 - Indoor Air 2008, August 17-22, 2008 CY - Copenhagen, Denmark DA - 2008-08-17 KW - Aerosol KW - Ultra fine particle KW - Laser printer KW - Cyclosiloxanes PY - 2008 IS - Paper ID: 239 SP - 1 AN - OPUS4-17865 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Juritsch, Elevtheria A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Measurement of fine and ultrafine particles from office devices during printing in order to develop a test method for the Blue Angel ecolabel for office-based printing devices KW - Bürogeräte KW - Laserdrucker KW - Partikelemissionen PY - 2013 UR - http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/measurement-of-fine-ultrafine-particles-from-office SN - 1862-4804 VL - 75 IS - UBA-FBNr: 001743/E / FKZ: 3708 95 301 SP - 1-142, Suppl.RAL-UZ-122 1-39 PB - Umweltbundesamt CY - Dessau-Roßlau AN - OPUS4-28987 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Juritsch, Elevtheria A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Erfassung der Zahl feiner und ultrafeiner Partikel aus Bürogeräten während der Druckphase zur Entwicklung eines Prüfverfahrens für das Umweltzeichen Blauer Engel für Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion KW - Bürogeräte KW - Laserdrucker KW - Partikelemissionen PY - 2013 UR - http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/erfassung-zahl-feiner-ultrafeiner-partikel-aus SN - 1862-4804 VL - 74 IS - FKZ/Projektnr. 3708 95 301 UBA-FBNr. 001743 SP - 1-146, Anh. 1-39 PB - Umweltbundesamt CY - Dessau-Roßlau AN - OPUS4-28988 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dutschke, Andreas A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Kurth, Lutz A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Lohrer, Christian T1 - Emissions of reaction products and sound from outdoor and indoor firework displays N2 - This work presents results of investigations towards the emission of chemical reaction products and sound pressure during an outdoor and an indoor firework display. Potentially harmful and toxic gases, and aerosols, were measured as well as sound pressures. Aerosols were measured with a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA) as well as a Laser Particle Counter. The focus was on particles with diameters between 11 nm and 20 µm. A transportable Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy detector registered the concentrations of emitted reaction gases, simultaneously. During the outdoor firework display, peak particle concentrations of >550000 particles cm-3, equivalent to a mass concentration of approximately 3.95 mg m-3, were detected, revealing a concentration maximum at approximately 175 nm particle diameter. The time-averaged particle mass concentration did not exceed 1.58 mg m-3 over 15 minutes. Due to the large distances (110 m) to the firing points, no significant harmful or toxic gas concentrations were measured during the entire firework display. In contrast, concentrations of sulphur dioxide (SO2) rose after an indoor firework display in a large event hall. On two days, more than 23000 particles cm-3 (which equates to a mass concentration of approximately 0.41 mg m-3) were detected when the hall ventilation was turned off, and more than 11000 particles cm-3 (which equates to a mass concentration of approximately 1.18 mg m-3) when the hall ventilation was activated. Concentration maxima appeared at approximately 300 nm particle diameter. The time-averaged particle concentrations in this case did not exceed 0.56 mg m-3 (over 15 minutes). KW - Pyrotechnic articles KW - Aerosols KW - Combustion gases PY - 2009 SN - 1082-3999 IS - 28 SP - 78 EP - 93 CY - Whitewater, Colo. AN - OPUS4-20796 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Barthel, Mathias T1 - Results of interlaboratory tests on the quantification of FP and UFP emissions from laser printing devices (LPD) T2 - Aerosol Technology 2014 CY - Karlsruhe, Germany DA - 2014-09-16 PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-31350 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Dutschke, Andreas A1 - Lohrer, Christian A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Kurth, Lutz A1 - Schmidt, Martin A1 - Kaiser, Michael A1 - Stattaus, Kim A1 - Panne, Ulrich T1 - Determination of reaction products during a large firework display in Germany T2 - 11th International symposium on fireworks CY - Puerto Vallarta, México DA - 2009-04-20 KW - Firework display KW - Reaction products KW - Particles KW - Sound pressure PY - 2009 SN - 978-0-9734123-8-3 SP - 50 EP - 63 AN - OPUS4-19383 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Dutschke, Andreas A1 - Lohrer, Christian A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Kurth, Lutz T1 - Towards the reaction products of indoor fireworks T2 - 11th International symposium on fireworks CY - Puerto Vallarta, México DA - 2009-04-20 KW - Reaction products KW - Particles KW - Smoke gases KW - FTIR PY - 2009 SN - 978-0-9734123-8-3 SP - 66 EP - 79 AN - OPUS4-19384 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Fink, C. A1 - Giese, A. A1 - Prietzel, Claudia A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Walter, J. T1 - Examination of airborne brake dust T2 - JEF 2010 - 6th European conference on braking CY - Lille, France DA - 2010-11-24 KW - Brake dust KW - Nanoparticles KW - Size-distribution PY - 2010 SP - 1 EP - 6(?) AN - OPUS4-22655 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Quantitative and Qualitative Comparison of Particulate Emissions from Office Machines (ABSTRACT) T2 - Healthy Buildings 2009 Conference CY - Syracuse, NY, USA DA - 2009-09-13 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-18670 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Stand der Normung (ISO 15900, ISO 27891, ISO 19996) und Kalibrierung von Geräten zur Messung von Ultrafeinstaub (CPC und DMAS) N2 - Seit einiger Zeit liegen Standards zur SI-konformen Kalibrierung von Aerosol-messgeräten vor. Methoden und Umfang dieser Normen und ihre Anwendungsrelevanz werden vorgestellt. T2 - TU Seminar Ultrafeine Partikel in der Aussenluft und in Innenräumen CY - Technische Universität Berlin, Germany DA - 22.09.2016 KW - Aerosolmetrologie KW - Condensation particle counter (CPC) KW - Differential mobility particle sizer (DMAS) KW - Kalibrierung PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-37678 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bucar, K. A1 - Malet, J. A1 - Stabile, L. A1 - Pražnikar, J. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Žitnik, M. T1 - Statistics of a Sharp GP2Y Low-Cost Aerosol PM Sensor Output Signals N2 - In this work, we characterise the performance of a Sharp optical aerosol sensor model GP2Y1010AU0F. The sensor was exposed to different environments: to a clean room, to a controlled atmosphere with known aerosol size distribution and to the ambient atmosphere on a busy city street. During the exposure, the output waveforms of the sensor pulses were digitised, saved and a following offline analysis enabled us to study the behaviour of the sensor pulse-by-pulse. A linear response of the sensor on number concentration of the monosized dispersed PSL particles was shown together with an almost linear dependence on particle diameters in the 0.4 to 4 micrometer range. The gathered data about the sensor were used to predict its response to an ambient atmosphere, which was observed simultaneously with a calibrated optical particle counter. KW - Aerosol KW - Partikel KW - Aerosolsensor KW - Luftgüte KW - Umweltmessung PY - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-517466 SN - 1424-8220 VL - 20 IS - 23 SP - 6707 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-51746 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Overview on the EMPIR Project "AEROMET" N2 - Overview on the ongoing EU EMPIR Project "AEROMET" Aerosol Metrology for Atmospheric Science and Air Quality, Overview on preliminary resuilts in Workpackages 3 "Calibration of MPSS and CPCs" and 4 "Quantifying airborne particle compositions in the field" T2 - Meeting des ISO TC24/SC4, Joint session of Working Groups 9 "Single particle light interaction methods" and 12 "Electrical mobility and number concentration analysis for aerosol particles" CY - Graz, Austria DA - 11.04.2019 KW - Ambient air pollution KW - EU EMPIR KW - Chemical analysis KW - Total reflection X-ray spectroscopy KW - Airborne Particles PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47820 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Wilke, Olaf T1 - Aerosol- und Gasemissionen aus 3D-Druckern (Additive manufacturing) N2 - Kunststoffverarbeitende 3D-Drucker (FDM-Drucker) werden im Hobbybereich und in der beruflichen Ausbilldung immer beliebter und sind mittlerweile weit verbreitet. Es wird häufig noch nicht ausreichend beachtet, dass von diesen Geräten im Betrieb in erheblichen Mengen Gase und Partikel in die Umgebung emittiert werden. Der Vortrag berichtet über einen Vergleich des Emissions-verhaltens verschiedener Materialien für 3D-Drucker und stellt diese in Zusammenhang mit anderen Innenraum-Emissionsquellen. T2 - 30. Palas Aerosol Technologie Seminar CY - Karlsruhe, Germany DA - 19.09.2016 KW - 3D-Drucker KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Partikelemissionen KW - Fused deposition modeling (FDM) PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-37684 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Karrasch, S. A1 - Jörres, R. A1 - Ehret, M. A1 - Herbig, B. A1 - Schierl, R. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Langner, J. A1 - Nowak, D. ED - Hildenbrandt, Sibylle ED - Rieger, Monika A. T1 - Untersuchung möglicher gesundheitlicher Gefährdungen durch Drucker- und Kopierer-Emissionen Teil 1 und 2 N2 - Teil 1: In der Öffentlichkeit werden immer wieder mögliche gesundheitliche Auswirkungen von Laserdruckeremissionen diskutiert. Um diese möglichen Auswirkungen genauer zu analysieren, wurden die Effekte 75-minütiger Expositionen von sogenannten Low-Emittern (LE, Untergrund 2000-4000 UFP/cm3) gegenüber High-Emittern (HE, 100.000 UFP/cm3) untersucht. Teil 2: Mögliche gesundheitliche Auswirkungen von Laserdruckeremissionen sind immer wieder Gegenstand öffentlicher Aufmerksamkeit. Die dabei auftretenden potenziellen psychologischen Aspekte, wurden in einem standardisierten Szenario mittels 75-minütiger Expositionen gegenüber Low-Emittern (LE, Untergrund 2000-4000 UFP/cm3) und High-Emittern (HE, 100.000 UFP/cm3) untersucht. T2 - 55. Jahrestagung der DGAUM 2015 CY - Munich, Germany DA - 18.03.2015 KW - Gesundheitsgefährdung KW - Laserdrucker KW - Bürogeräte KW - Partikel KW - Emissionen PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-9817007-1-8 SP - 357 EP - 489 PB - Geschäftsstelle der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin e. V. CY - München AN - OPUS4-38751 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Jörres, R. A1 - Ehret, M. A1 - Karrasch, S. A1 - Herbig, B A1 - Schierl, R. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Langner, J. A1 - Nowak, D. T1 - Respiratorische Effekte von Drucker- und Kopierer-Emissionen – eine kontrollierte Expositionsstudie N2 - Die möglichen gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen von Laserdruckeremissionen sind immer wieder Gegenstand von Aufmerksamkeit. Wir untersuchten die Effekte 75-minütigerExpositionen gegenüber Low-Emittern (LE, Untergrund 2000 – 4000 UFP/cm3) und High-Emittern (HE, 100.000 UFP/cm3). T2 - 56. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e.V. CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 18.03.2015 KW - Expositionsstudie in-vivo KW - Bürogeräte KW - Emissionen KW - Partikel PY - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1544873 VL - 69-V516 SP - V516 PB - Thieme CY - Stuttgart AN - OPUS4-38752 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Rasch, Fabian A1 - Erdmann, Kerstin A1 - Brödner, Doris A1 - Wilke, Olaf T1 - Weiterentwicklung des Prüfwertes für Ultrafeinstaubpartikel beim Umweltzeichen Blauer Engel für Drucker N2 - Berichtet wird über ein abgeschlossenes Folgeprojekt zu vorangegangenen Forschungsprojekte zum gleichen Thema. In diesem Projekt wurde das Messverfahren und der Prüfwert für die Partikelemission aus Bürogeräten (siehe Vergabegrundlage DE-UZ 205, Anhang S-M) validiert und weiterentwickelt. Dies geschah erstens durch Auswertung der Qualität der im Zuge der Antragsbearbeitung für das Umweltzeichen beim RAL vorgelegten Prüfberichte der zugelassenen Prüfinstitute und - basierend darauf - durch Erarbeitung von technisch-methodischen Veränderungsvorschlägen für die Prüfung der chemischen Emissionen, inklusive der Partikelemissionen. Zweitens wurde zur Beurteilung der Veränderung der Emissionen aktueller gegenüber älteren Geräte-generationen ein nicht repräsentativer Pool von table-top-Laserdruckern aufgebaut und die chemischen Emissionen wurden gemäß DE-UZ-205, Anhang S-M gemessen. Ergänzend wurde eine quantitative chemische Analyse der anorganischen Feststoffe - insbesondere der Metalle - in den emittierten Aerosolen vorgenommen die Feststoffgehalte um 2 Massen-% ergaben. Diese Ergebnisse wurden gemeinsam mit neueren wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen zur gesundheitlichen Bewertung der Emissionen aus Laserdruckern ausgewertet, es besteht kein Handlungsbedarf hinsichtlich einer Veränderung von Prüfkriterien und Prüfwerten. Drittens wurde untersucht und bestätigt, dass mit dem Ziel eines zukünftigen Umweltzeichens das Emissionsverhalten Kunststoff verarbeitender 3D-FDM-Drucker und/oder die darin verarbeiteten Verbrauchsmaterialien (Filamente) mit dem für Laserdrucker entwickelten Mess- und Prüfschema charakterisiert und quantifiziert werden können. Untersuchungen an Stereo-lithografie (SLA)-Druckern und Vorrichtungen zur Nach-Aushärtung (Curing Units) ergaben keine nachweisbaren Partikelemissionen. KW - Blauer Engel KW - Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion KW - Emissionen KW - Aerosole KW - Schadgase PY - 2020 UR - https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/weiterentwicklung-des-pruefwertes-fuer SN - 1862-4804 VL - 217 SP - 5 EP - 82 PB - Umweltbundesamt CY - Dessau-Roßlau AN - OPUS4-51745 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Mohr, Gunther A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai T1 - Measurement of particle emissions in Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) processes and its potential for in-situ process monitoring N2 - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) is a promising additive manufacturing (AM) technology for metal part production especially for complex and lightweight structures or functional designs. In L PBF processes several by-products including welding plume and its condensates, spatter and ejected powder are generated during laser exposure. Investigations of micro- and nano-sized by-products have received little attention in literature. This study focuses on the analysis of particle emissions in L PBF of 316L stainless steel using a scattered light aerosol spectrometer and a fast mobility particle sizer spectrometer during the process which allows for in-situ analysis of particle sizes in the range of 6 nm to 100 µm. A distinct correlation of emission signals to part position can be revealed. In addition, a significant influence of laser scanning vector directions on emission signals is presented. Furthermore, differing powder layer thicknesses can be recognised by deviations in emission signals. T2 - Euro PM 2019 CY - Maastricht, The Netherlands DA - 13.10.2019 KW - Plume KW - Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) KW - Additive Manufacturing (AM) KW - Spatter KW - Fume KW - Particle gas emission KW - Aerosol measurements PY - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-49388 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Osan, J. A1 - Gross, A. A1 - Stabile, L. T1 - AEROMET - Observation of quickly changing element mass concentrations in an ambient aerosol using portable TXRF N2 - Measurements of aerosol particles are vital for enforcing EU air quality regulations to protect human health, and for research on climate change effects. Although metrics such as PM10 and PM2.5 are currently in use, the level of uncertainty of aerosol metrics is too high and the traceability is insufficient. The project AEROMET, which has been started in June 2017 aims at implementing improvements in a) the uncertainty of particle mass, size and number concentration measurements and b) in the characterization of regulated components in airborne particles. Both are demanded by existing networks within the EU as well as by global atmospheric research. On-site measurement campaigns One of the objects is the application of mobile x-ray spectroscopy techniques combined with aerosol sampling techniques for quantifying particle compositions in the field for real time analysis. During two in-field measurement campaigns in Budapest, Hungary in May 2018 and Cassino, Italy in September 2018 the size dependent mass concentrations of specific elements in ambient aerosols were monitored under dynamic conditions. Typically, airborne particles are sampled on filter substrates. During this project new sampling methods with specially designed substrate holders for an in-situ TXRF analysis were developed and applied for the first time. This approach allows a direct time and size resolved analysis without laborious digestion steps and a reduced risk of contamination. Aerosol particles were sampled in a 13-stage DLPI impactor - size range from 0,03 µm to 10 µm - which was equipped with special adapters for acrylic discs of 30 mm diameter, serving as substrates. TXRF analysis was performed on site with the transportable spectrometer S2 PICOFOX (Bruker Nano GmbH) equipped with a Mo X-ray tube and a 30 mm² Silicon Drift Detector (SDD). Excitation conditions were 50 kV, 600 µA, measurement time 1000 s. Quantification was based on internal standardization using 50 ng of Y in solution, which was pipetted into the centre of the discs prior to sampling. At moderate air pollution levels, i.e. PM10 ~ 20 µg/m³, sampling times of less than 2 hours were enough for the detection of elements in different particle size bins. The in-situ approach and the high sensitivity of TXRF enables the observation of rather quick changes in the quantity and distribution of elements in an ambient aerosol on the day of sampling, as the below example from the Cassino field campaign on 11 Sept. 2018 shows: The analysis of the morning and afternoon sampling shifts reveals the occurrence of the elements Fe, Ca and Si in different size bins as well as their significant temporal change in respective mass concentrations over the day while the distributions of several other elements in the aerosol remain unchanged. The validation of these results by backup measurements is planned. T2 - European Aerosol Conference EAC 2019 CY - Gothenburg, Sweden DA - 25.08.2019 KW - TXRF KW - Ambient air KW - Aerosol KW - Cascade impactor KW - Element analysis PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49582 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hilgenberg, Kai A1 - Daum, Werner A1 - Maierhofer, Christiane A1 - Altenburg, Simon A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Heckel, Thomas A1 - Skrotzki, Birgit A1 - Zerbst, Uwe A1 - Kranzmann, Axel A1 - Bettge, Dirk A1 - Sommer, Konstantin A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Nitsche, Michael A1 - Günster, Jens A1 - Evans, Alexander T1 - Additive manufacturing at the BAM: We focus on Safety N2 - In Germany, the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is addressing challenges in the implementation of additive manufacturing on the industrial landscape for safety-critical applications. KW - Process development KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - In-situ Process Monitoring KW - Non-destructive Materials KW - Characterisation KW - Safety KW - Fatigue KW - Environment KW - Standardisation PY - 2019 UR - https://static.asminternational.org/amp/201910/22/ SN - 0882-7958 VL - 177 IS - 7 SP - 22 EP - 26 PB - ASM International CY - Materials Park, OH, USA AN - OPUS4-49780 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Pollakowski-Herrmann, Beatrix A1 - Osan, J. A1 - Gross, A. A1 - Stosnach, H. A1 - Kayser, Y. A1 - Beckhoff, B. T1 - Quantification of element mass concentrations in aerosols by combination of cascade impactor sampling and in-situ TXRF Spectroscopy N2 - A mobile Bruker S2 Picofox TXRF spectrometer has been used in two field campaigns within the EMPIR env07 AEROMET project for the on-site analysis of cascade impactor aerosol samples.The results show that even at moderate air pollution levels – i.e.PM10 fairly below 20 μg/m³ - element mass concentrations in air in the range of 100 pg/m³could be measured in up to 13 size bins after sampling times of less than only 0.5 days. T2 - UFP 2019 Ultrafeinstaub in der Atmosphäre und in Innenräumen, 3. Symposium CY - Technische Universität Berlin, Germany DA - 19.09.2019 KW - TXRF ambient air aerosol chemical analysis aerosol element composition KW - Aerosol KW - TXRF KW - Cascade impactor KW - Aerosol element alanysis KW - Aerosol element mass concentration PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49580 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - VOC, Fine and Ultrafine Particles Emissions from Additive Manufacturing and 3D-Printers N2 - The presentation gives an overview on Additive Manufacturing techniques and related potential risks from emission of hazardous gases and aerosols, based on emission characterizations in BAM. Voluntary mitigation strategies are presented T2 - BAM - JBMIA (Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association) Meeting, JBMIA Emissions Working Group Meeting CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 04.05.2019 KW - 3D Printing KW - Additive Manufacturing KW - Particulate emissions KW - Emissions of hazardous gases KW - Filament comparison PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47812 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Regulatory Trends in the EU for Chemicals and Nanomaterials N2 - The presentation gives an overview on existing and upcoming REACH regulations in the EU concerning nanomaterials. T2 - BAM - JBMIA (Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association) Meeting, JBMIA Emissions Working Group Meeting CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 04.05.2019 KW - Nanomaterials KW - REACH KW - EU regulations PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47814 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - UBA Projects on Particulate Emissions from Laser Printers N2 - The presentation gives an overview on past and ongoing projects in BAM on laser printer particulate emissions, funded by the German Environment Agency (UBA) in order to further develop award criteria for the Blue Angel ecolabel for office machines T2 - BAM - JBMIA (Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association) Meeting, JBMIA Emissions Working Group Meeting CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 04.05.2019 KW - Laser Printer KW - Particulate emission KW - Blue Angel ecolabel KW - Office machines PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47811 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Instruments for Fine and Ultrafine Particle Emission Characterization N2 - An overview on instruments and methods for the measurement and chemical characterization of particulate emissions from local sources is presented T2 - BAM - JBMIA (Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association) Meeting, JBMIA Emissions Working Group Meeting CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 04.05.2019 KW - Aerosol spectroscopy KW - Particulate emission KW - Chemical analysis KW - Total reflection X-ray spectroscopy KW - Calibration PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47816 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tang, Chi-Long A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Systematic ranking of filaments regarding their particulate emissions during fused filament fabrication 3D printing by means of a proposed standard test method N2 - The diversity of fused filament fabrication (FFF) filaments continues to grow rapidly as the popularity of FFF-3D desktop printers for the use as home fabrication devices has been greatly increased in the past decade. Potential harmful emissions and associated health risks when operating indoors have induced many emission studies. However, the lack of standardization of measurements impeded an objectifiable comparison of research findings. Therefore, we designed a chamber-based standard method, i.e., the strand printing method (SPM), which provides a standardized printing procedure and quantifies systematically the particle emission released from individual FFF-3D filaments under controlled conditions. Forty-four marketable filament products were tested. The total number of emitted particles (TP) varied by approximately four orders of magnitude (1E9 ≤ TP ≤ 1E13), indicating that origin of polymers, manufacturer-specific additives, and undeclared impurities have a strong influence. Our results suggest that TP characterizes an individual filament product and particle emissions cannot be categorized by the polymer type (e.g., PLA or ABS) alone. The user's choice of a filament product is therefore decisive for the exposure to released particles during operation. Thus, choosing a filament product awarded for low emissions seems to be an easily achievable preemptive measure to prevent health hazards. KW - Emission test method KW - FFF-printing KW - Particle emission KW - Indoor air quality KW - FFF-filament PY - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-545087 SN - 1600-0668 VL - 32 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA AN - OPUS4-54508 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Tang, Chi-Long A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Kalus, Sabine A1 - Erdmann, Kerstin T1 - Chemical characterization of ultrafine particles released from 3D printers N2 - Previous studies have shown that desktop 3D printers (Fused Filament Fabrication) emit high numbers of particulate matter, mainly as ultrafine particles (UFP, particle diameter less than 100 nm). However, the chemical composition of emitted particles has been less extensively investigated. In this study, we therefore focused on the chemical composition of particles emitted from 3D printing. The measurements were conducted in a 1 m³ emission test chamber. Emitted particles were sampled by a 13-stage low-pressure cascade impactor onto aluminum foils and then analyzed by TD-GC/MS to identify their organic compounds. Nine commercial filaments made from basic polymers such as Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA), Polycarbonate (PC), Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), Nylon, High Performance Polystyrene (HIPS) and a copper-filled Polylactide (PLA) were investigated. The results show that the organic components of the particles are primarily plastic additives such as plasticizer, antioxidant agents, lubricants, UV-absorbers and UV-stabilizers from the filaments. T2 - 17th International Conference Healthy Buildings Europe 2021 CY - Online Meeting DA - 21.06.2021 KW - Chemical characterization KW - FFF-3D-Printer KW - UFP KW - Chamber measurement PY - 2021 SP - 251 EP - 252 AN - OPUS4-54255 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kayser, Y. A1 - Gross, A. A1 - Hönicke, P. A1 - Osan, J. A1 - Pollakowski-Herrmann, B. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Beckhoff, B. T1 - Reliable chemical analysis of aerosols by reference-free X-ray spectrometry for monitoring airborne particulate matter N2 - The physical and chemical analysis of aerosols using reliable and physically traceable methods is important for the thorough investigation of airborne particles to support a better understanding of their origin as well as their health and climate impacts. Within the European Metrology Research AeroMet project,the aim of hysikalisch–Technische Bundesanstalt’s (PTB) X-ray spectrometry group is to develop and establish traceable and reliable X-ray methods to measure the elemental mass deposition per unit area, the elemental composition,and the chemical binding state of particulate matter supported by a flat substrate. This approach can substantially contribute to support quantitative analytical methods during on-site measurement campaigns where portable Instrumentation is employed by qualifying suitable calibration samples for commercial analytical X-ray instruments and by investigating samples collected during the field campaign. KW - AEROMET project KW - X-Ray analysis KW - TXRF KW - Aerosols KW - Particles KW - Air pollution KW - Elemental composition PY - 2020 UR - https://www.spectroscopyonline.com/view/reliable-chemical-analysis-of-aerosols-by-reference-free-x-ray-spectrometry-for-monitoring-airborne-particulate-matter SN - 0887-6703 VL - 35 IS - 10 SP - 42 EP - 46 PB - MJH Life Sciences CY - Cranbury, NJ AN - OPUS4-53357 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Osan, J. A1 - Czömpöly, O. A1 - Gross, A. A1 - Stoßnach, H. A1 - Stabile, L. A1 - Ochsenkuehn-Petropoulou, M. A1 - Tsakanika, L. A. A1 - Lymperopoulou, T. A1 - Goddart, S. A1 - Fiebig, M. A1 - Gaie-Levrel, F. A1 - Rissler, J. A1 - Kayser, Y. A1 - Beckhoff, B. T1 - Element mass concentrations in ambient aerosols, a comparison of results from filter sampling & ICP-MS ans cascade impactor sampling & mobile total reflection X-RAY fluorescence spectroscopy N2 - Quantitative chemical analysis of airborne particulate matter (PM) is vital for the understanding of health effects in indoor and outdoor environments and required by EU air quality regulations. Typically, airborne particles are sampled on filters, followed by lab-based analysis, e.g., with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Within the EURAMET EMPIR AEROMET project, cascade impactor aerosol sampling was combined with on-site total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectroscopy. The study aimed at a proof of principles for this new mobile and on-size tool for the quantification of aerosol element compositions and element mass concentrations within short time intervals of less than 12 h. In a field campaign the method’s technical feasibility could be demonstrated. The TXRF results were traced back to a stationary, reference-free XRS setup in the laboratory of the German national metrology institute PTB at the BESSY II electron storage ring in Berlin, Germany. Simultaneous PM10-filter sampling, followed by standardized lab-based analysis, allowed for a comparison of the field campaign data of both methods. As Fig. 1 shows, the correspondence between PM10 filter sampling and ICP-MS, and on the other hand, cascade impactor sampling and TXRF is quite encouraging. However, for some of the analysed elements, e.g. V and Pb, the observed deviations are higher than expected and this highlights the fact, that spectral deconvolution strategies for TXRF on cascade impactor samples still need some improvement. This work was supported by the EMPIR programme, co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, through grant agreements 16ENV07 AEROMET and 19ENV08 AEROMET II T2 - 12th International Conference on Instrumental Methods of Analysis (IMA-2021) CY - Athens, Greece DA - 20.09.2021 KW - Aerosol KW - TXRF KW - Reference method KW - Cascade impactor KW - Ambient aerosols KW - Air quality monitoring KW - Element mass concentration KW - Size resolved chemical composition KW - Time resolved chemical composition KW - ICP-MS PY - 2021 AN - OPUS4-53597 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Brödner, Doris A1 - Erdmann, Kerstin A1 - Rasch, Fabian T1 - Chemical characterization of ultra-fine particles released from laser printers N2 - 11 laser printers from 5 manufacturers were purchased in 2017 and tested for their UFP emissions. Size resolved sampling of the emitted particles was done with a 13 stage (30 nm to 10 µm) low pressure cascade impactor. The sampled particles were analysed for their chemical composition by thermal extraction (vaporization at 290°C) followed by GC-MS analysis. High boiling cyclic siloxanes (D10 to D16) were detected as constituents of UFP from laser printers. In comparison to measurements in 2008, aliphatic long-chain alkanes (C22 to C34) were detected additionally as chemical constituents of UFP from most of the tested printers and their amounts were higher than for cyclic siloxanes. Printers of one manufacturer showed very low UPF emissions compared to the other manufacturers. T2 - Indoor Air Conference 2022 CY - Kuopio, Finland DA - 12.06.2022 KW - UFP KW - Thermal extraction KW - Cascade impactor PY - 2022 SP - 1 EP - 4 AN - OPUS4-55106 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Asbach, C. A1 - Held, A. A1 - Kiendler-Scharr, A. A1 - Scheuch, G. A1 - Schmid, H.-J. A1 - Schmitt, S. A1 - Schumacher, S. A1 - Wehner, B. A1 - Weingartner, E. A1 - Weinzierl, B. A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - u.a., T1 - Positionspapier der Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung zum Verständnis der Rolle von Aerosolpartikeln beim SARS-CoV-2 Infektionsgeschehen N2 - Dass Viren sich über Aerosolpartikel ausbreiten können, wurde bereits in vielen Studien gezeigt. Als Aerosol bezeichnet man ein Gemisch aus Luft mit darin verteilten festen oder flüssigen Partikeln. Ein Aerosol ist dabei immer dynamisch, da Partikel neugebildet, in oder mit der Luft transportiert und aus der Luft entfernt werden oder sich im luftgetragenen Zustand verändern. Zum Verständnis der Rolle von Aerosolpartikeln als Übertragungsweg von SARS-CoV-2 ist daher die Kenntnis der verschiedenen Prozesse in einem Aerosol von besonderer Bedeutung. Mit diesem Papier möchte die GAeF einen Beitrag dazu leisten, den momentan so häufig anzutreffenden Begriff „Aerosol“ sowie die relevanten Aerosolprozesse anschaulich darzustellen und zu erläutern. Dabei wird im Rahmen dieses Papiers nur auf die wesentlichen Grundlagen eingegangen. Für ein tiefergehendes Verständnis der teilweise komplexen Prozesse sei auf die angeführte Sekundärliteratur verwiesen. Das Papier fasst eine Vielzahl von Studien zur Entstehung von virenbeladenen Aerosolpartikeln sowie deren Ausbreitung zusammen. Darauf basierend kann festgestellt werden, dass ausgeatmete Aerosolpartikel auch bei der Corona-Pandemie eine prominente Rolle bei der Verbreitung der Viren spielen. Abschließend geht dieses Papier auf mögliche Maßnahmen zur Verringerung der Ausbreitung von Aerosolpartikeln ein. Die diskutierten Maßnahmen orientieren sich an der derzeitigen öffentlichen Diskussion und beinhalten entsprechend die folgenden Punkte: Lüften, Luftreiniger, Lüftungsanlagen und Masken. Es werden Hinweise zum richtigen und sinnvollen Einsatz dieser Maßnahmen gegeben. Aerosolpartikel haben Größen zwischen ca. 0,001 und mehreren 100 Mikrometern (und nicht wie in vielen Publikationen derzeit definiert < 5μm) und verteilen sich mit Luftströmungen relativ schnell, auch über größere Distanzen. Größere Aerosolpartikel sinken – abhängig von ihrer Größe und Dichte – zu Boden; kleine Aerosolpartikel können hingegen sehr lange in der Luft verbleiben (s. Kapitel 3). Jeder Mensch stößt durch die Atmung sowie beim Sprechen, Husten und Niesen flüssige Aerosolpartikel unterschiedlicher Größen aus (s. Kapitel 4). Ist eine Person mit einem Virus, wie z. B. SARS-CoV-2, infiziert, so können diese Aerosolpartikel Viren enthalten, die in die Luft gelangen und von anderen Personen eingeatmet werden können. SARS-CoV-2 hat eine Größe von 0,06 bis 0,14 Mikrometer, die exhalierten flüssigen Aerosolpartikel sind hingegen größer. Die flüssigen Aerosolpartikel können aber je nach Umgebungsbedingungen durch Verdunstung schrumpfen (s. Kapitel 3.3). Für den Partikeltransport und die Partikelabscheidung ist dabei jeweils die aktuelle Partikelgröße relevant. Das höchste Infektionsrisiko besteht in geschlossenen Innenräumen, da sich hierin Aerosolpartikel anreichern können. Insbesondere hier sind entsprechend Maßnahmen zu treffen, die eine Reduktion der Aerosolpartikelkonzentration ermöglichen. Vor dem Hintergrund der Aerosolwissenschaften ordnet die GAeF die aktuellen Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung der Pandemie wie folgt ein: • Prinzipiell gilt: Keine Maßnahme kann für sich alleine funktionieren! Das Zusammenspiel der verschiedensten Maßnahmen ist nach derzeitigem Wissensstand der beste Weg zur Minimierung des Infektionsrisikos. • Abstand halten ist wichtig, denn mit zunehmendem Abstand werden direkt ausgeatmete Viren verdünnt, und die Wahrscheinlichkeit sich anzustecken sinkt. Der vielfach vorgeschriebene Mindestabstand kann als Anhaltspunkt dienen, sollte aber insbesondere bei längeren Zusammenkünften und auch in Innenräumen mit verringerter Luftbewegung vergrößert und durch weitere Maßnahmen (s.u.) ergänzt werden. • Masken helfen, einen Teil der exhalierten Partikel (und Viren) zu filtern. Dadurch sinkt die Konzentration der exhalierten Partikel (und Viren) in einem Raum und damit das Infektionsrisiko. Hierbei ist zu beachten, dass die ausgeatmeten Aerosolpartikel durch anhaftende Feuchtigkeit relativ groß sind und somit auch von einfachen Masken effizient zurückgehalten werden können. Da diese Partikel aber mit längerer Verweilzeit in der Raumluft schrumpfen, sind einfache Mund-Nasen-Bedeckungen für den Selbstschutz weniger effizient. Hierfür sind Atemschutzmasken erforderlich, die auch für feine Partikel eine hohe Abscheidung zeigen, z. B. der Klassen FFP2, N95 oder KN95. Diese sind sowohl für den Selbst- als auch den Fremdschutz effizient, sofern sie über kein Ausatemventil verfügen. Masken mit Ausatemventil dienen hingegen nur dem Selbstschutz und widersprechen daher dem Solidaritätskonzept, dass Mitmenschen durch kollektives Maskentragen geschützt werden. • Gesichtsvisiere, die ohne zusätzliche Verwendung von Masken eingesetzt werden, sind hinsichtlich Aerosolpartikeln weitgehend nutzlos, da die Luft mit Partikeln (und Viren) ungefiltert um die Visiere herumströmt. Gesichtsvisiere werden im klinischen Alltag zusätzlich zu Masken getragen, um Tröpfcheninfektion über die Schleimhäute der Augen zu verhindern. Ebenfalls weitgehend unwirksam gegen die Aerosolverbreitung in Innenräumen sind mobile oder fest installierte Plexiglasbarrieren. Diese können nur kurzfristig die kleinräumige Ausbreitung eines Aerosols, z. B. im Kassenbereich eines Supermarkts, verhindern, bieten aber längerfristig keinen Schutz. Gesichtsvisiere und Plexiglasscheiben dienen im Wesentlichen als Spuck- und Spritzschutz gegenüber großen Tröpfchen. • Im Freien finden so gut wie keine Infektionen durch Aerosolpartikel statt. Allerdings können Tröpfcheninfektionen auftreten, insbesondere in Menschenansammlungen, wenn Mindestabstände nicht eingehalten und/oder keine Masken getragen werden. In geschlossenen Räumen ist Lüften unerlässlich, um die ausgeatmete Luft in einem Raum durch frische Luft von draußen zu ersetzen. Häufiges Stoß- und Querlüften sind dabei vergleichbar effektiv wie dauernd das Fenster vollständig geöffnet zu lassen. Aus energetischer Sicht ist Stoß- oder Querlüften insbesondere im Winter allerdings effizienter. CO2-Monitore können bei der Überwachung der Luftqualität in Innenräumen helfen. Sie zeigen an, wann gelüftet werden sollte und wann die Luft in einem Raum während des Lüftens ausreichend gewechselt ist. Sie können jedoch nur als Indikator verwendet werden und verhindern selbst bei Einhaltung der vorgeschlagenen CO2-Grenzkonzentrationen keine direkte Infektion durch unmittelbar benachbarte Personen. • Luftreiniger können einen sinnvollen Beitrag leisten, um die Partikel- und Virenkonzentration in einem Raum zu reduzieren. Bei der Beschaffung von Luftreinigern muss darauf geachtet werden, dass diese für den betrachteten Raum und die betrachtete Anwendung ausreichend dimensioniert sind, um die Partikel- und Virenlast signifikant zu verringern. Dem Luftdurchsatz des Gerätes kommt dabei eine größere Bedeutung zu, als der reinen Effizienz des Filters. Aus energetischen und Kostenerwägungen kann die Verwendung hocheffizienter Filter sogar kontraproduktiv sein. Fest verbaute Lüftungsanlagen können ebenso sinnvoll sein, sofern sie die Luft filtern, um die Partikel- und Virenlast in einem Raum zu verringern. Hierbei ist es zur Vermeidung von Infektionen sinnvoll, diese möglichst mit 100 % Frischluft zu betreiben. Aus Sicht der Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung besteht erheblicher Forschungsbedarf insbesondere an den interdisziplinären Grenzen zu Forschungsfeldern der Epidemiologie, Infektiologie, Virologie, Lüftungstechnik und Strömungsmechanik. Die Durchführung gezielter Studien sollte kurzfristig mit speziellen Förder- und Forschungsprogrammen ermöglicht werden. Dieses Papier wurde von Mitgliedern der Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung verfasst und wird von einer Vielzahl internationaler Aerosolexperten unterstützt (s. Kapitel 8). Neben der vorliegenden Version existiert auch eine englischsprachige Übersetzung (siehe www.info.gaef.de). Sämtliche Abbildungen in diesem Papier stehen unter folgendem Link zum kostenlosen Download bereit: https://www.info.gaef.de/positionspapier. Bei jeder Verwendung ist „Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e. V.“ als Quelle zu nennen. KW - Covid KW - Corona KW - GAeF KW - Aerosole KW - Aerosolforschung PY - 2021 UR - https://www.info.gaef.de/_files/ugd/fab12b_a5f114a183cf4f27ab8ac713e8a5b8ef.pdf SP - 1 EP - 48 PB - Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung CY - Köln AN - OPUS4-53954 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Asbach, C. A1 - Held, A. A1 - Kiendler-Scharr, A. A1 - Scheuch, G. A1 - Schmid, H.-J. A1 - Schmitt, S. A1 - Schumacher, S. A1 - Wehner, B. A1 - Weingartner, E. A1 - Weinzierl, B. A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - u.a., T1 - Position paper of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung on understanding the role of aerosol particles in SARS-CoV-2 infection N2 - Many studies have already shown that viruses can spread via aerosol particles. An aerosol is a mixture of air with solid or liquid particles dispersed in it. To understand the role of aerosol particles as a transmission path of SARS-CoV-2, knowledge of the different processes in an Aerosol is therefore of particular importance. With this paper, GAeF would like to contribute to a better understanding of the term “aerosol” and the relevant aerosol processes. In the context of this paper only the essential basics will be discussed. For a deeper understanding of the partly complex processes, please refer to the literature mentioned at the end of the paper. The paper summarises a large number of studies on the formation of virus-laden aerosol particles and their spread. Based on this, it can be concluded that exhaled aerosol particles may play a prominent role in the spread of viruses in the corona pandemic. Finally, this paper discusses possible measures to reduce the spread of aerosol particles. The measures discussed are based on the current public debate including ventilation, air purifiers, HVAC systems and masks. Advice is given on the correct and sensible use of these measures. An aerosol is always dynamic, as particles are newly formed, transported in or with the air, removed from the air or change in the airborne state. Aerosol particles have sizes between approx. 0.001 and several 100 micrometres (and not < 5 μm as currently defined in many publications) and spread relatively quickly with air currents, even over longer distances. Larger aerosol particles sink to the ground, depending on their size and density, while small aerosol particles can remain in the air for a very long time (see Section 3). Every person emits liquid aerosol particles of various sizes through breathing and when speaking, coughing and sneezing (see Section 4). If a person is infected with a virus, such as SARS-CoV-2, these aerosol particles can contain viruses that can be released into the air and inhaled by other people. SARS-CoV-2 has a size of 0.06 to 0.14 micrometres, but the exhaled liquid aerosol particles are larger. The liquid aerosol particles can shrink by evaporation, depending on the ambient conditions (see Section 3.3). Particle size is relevant for particle transport and particle separation. The highest risk of infection exists in closed indoor spaces, as aerosol particles can accumulate there. Here in particular, appropriate measures must be taken to reduce the concentration of aerosol particles (see Section 5). Against the background of aerosol science, the GAeF classifies the current measures to contain the pandemic as follows: • In principle, no measure can work on its own! According to the current state of knowledge, the interaction of the most varied measures is the best way to minimise the risk of infection. • Keeping distance is important, because with increasing distance, directly exhaled viruses are diluted and the probability of infection decreases. The often prescribed minimum distance can be used as a guide, but it should be increased and supplemented by other measures (see below), especially for longer meetings and also indoors with reduced air movement. • Masks help to filter some of the exhaled particles (and viruses). This reduces the concentration of exhaled particles (and viruses) in a room and thus the risk of infection. It should be noted here that the exhaled aerosol particles are relatively large due to adhering moisture and can therefore also be efficiently retained by simple masks. However, since these particles shrink with longer dwell time in the room air, simple mouth-nose masks are less efficient for self-protection. Respiratory masks are required for this purpose, which show a high degree of separation even for fine particles, e.g. of classes FFP2, N95 or KN95. These are efficient for both self-protection and protection of others unless they have an exhalation valve. Masks with an exhalation valve, on the other hand, are only for self-protection and therefore contradict the solidarity concept that fellow human beings are protected by collective mask wearing. Face shields which are used without additional masks are largely useless with regard t• aerosol particles, as the air with particles (and viruses) flows unfiltered around the shields. In everyday clinical practice, facial shields are worn in addition to masks to prevent droplet infection via the mucous membranes of the eyes. Mobile or permanently installed Plexiglas barriers are also largely ineffective against the spread of aerosols indoors. These can only prevent the smallscale spread of an aerosol in the short term, e.g. in the checkout area of a supermarket, but offer no protection in the longer term. Face shields and Plexiglas panels essentially serve as spit and splash protection against large droplets. • Outdoors, there are practically no infections caused by aerosol transmission. However, droplet infections can still occur, especially in crowds, if minimum distances are not observed and/or masks are not worn. In closed rooms, ventilation is essential to replace the exhaled air in a room with fresh air from outside. Frequent airing and cross-ventilation is just as effective as leaving the window open all the time. From an energy point of view, however, it is more efficient to ventilate the room, especially in winter. CO2 monitors can help to monitor indoor air quality. They indicate when it is necessary to ventilate and when the air in a room has been sufficiently changed during ventilation. However, they can only be used as an indicator and even if the proposed CO2 limit concentrations are met, they do not prevent direct infection by people in the immediate vicinity. • Air purifiers can make a useful contribution to reducing the concentration of particles and viruses in a room. When procuring air purifiers, care must be taken to ensure that they are adequately dimensioned for the room and application in question in order to significantly reduce the particle and virus load. The air throughput of the unit is more important than the pure efficiency of the filter. For energy and cost reasons, the use of highly efficient filters can even be counterproductive. Permanently installed ventilation systems can also be useful, provided they filter the air to reduce the particle and virus load in a room. To avoid infections, it is advisable to operate them with 100 % fresh air if possible. From the point of view of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung, there is a considerable need for research, especially at the interdisciplinary borders to research fields of epidemiology, infectiology, virology, ventilation technology and fluid mechanics. The implementation of targeted studies should be made possible at short notice with special funding and research programmes. This paper was written originally in German by members of the Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung and is supported by a large number of international aerosol experts. Both the English and German version as well as all images in the paper are available for free download at the following link: https://www.info.gaef.de/positionspapier. The “Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung e. V.” must be named as the source, whenever an image is used. KW - COVID KW - SARS KW - GAeF KW - Aerosol KW - Corona PY - 2021 UR - https://www.info.gaef.de/_files/ugd/fab12b_d8d88393f90240cdbea63c88c09887ef.pdf U6 - https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4350494 SP - 1 EP - 48 PB - Association for Aerosol Research CY - Köln AN - OPUS4-53955 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tang, Chi-Long A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Measurement of sub-4 nm particle emission from FFF-3D printing with the TSI Nano Enhancer and the Airmodus Particle Size Magnifier N2 - The emission of ultrafine particles from small desktop Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) 3D printers has been frequently investigated in the past years. However, the vast majority of FFF emission and exposure studies have not considered the possible occurrence of particles below the typical detection limit of Condensation Particle Counters and could have systematically underestimated the total particle emission as well as the related exposure risks. Therefore, we comparatively measured particle number concentrations and size distributions of sub-4 nm particles with two commercially available diethylene glycol-based instruments – the TSI 3757 Nano Enhancer and the Airmodus A10 Particle Size Magnifier. Both instruments were evaluated for their suitability of measuring FFF-3D printing emissions in the sub-4 nm size range while operated as a particle counter or as a particle size spectrometer. For particle counting, both instruments match best when the Airmodus system was adjusted to a cut-off of 1.5 nm. For size spectroscopy, both instruments show limitations due to either the fast dynamics or rather low levels of particle emissions from FFF-3D printing in this range. The effects are discussed in detail in this article. The findings could be used to implement sub-4 nm particle measurement in future emission or exposure studies, but also for the development of standard test protocols for FFF-3D printing emissions. KW - Air pollution KW - Ultrafine particles KW - Sub-4nm particles KW - FFF-3D printing KW - Emission testing PY - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-595952 SN - 0278-6826 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London AN - OPUS4-59595 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tang, Chi-Long A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Röllig, Mathias T1 - Improving the comparability of FFF-3D printing emission data by adjustment of the set extruder temperature N2 - Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a material extrusion-based technique often used in desktop 3D printers. Polymeric filaments are melted and are extruded through a heated nozzle to form a 3D object in layers. The extruder temperature is therefore a key parameter for a successful print job but also one of the main emission driving factors as harmful pollutants (e.g., ultrafine particles) are formed by thermal polymer degradation. The awareness of potential health risks has increased the number of emission studies in the past years. However, studies usually refer their calculated emission data to the printer set extruder temperature for comparison purposes. In this study, we used a thermocouple and an infrared camera to measure the actual extruder temperature and found significant temperature deviations to the displayed set temperature among printer models. Our result shows that printing the same filament feedstocks with three different printer models and with identical printer set temperature resulted in a variation in particle emission of around two orders of magnitude. A temperature adjustment has reduced the variation to approx. one order of magnitude. Thus, it is necessary to refer the measured emission data to the actual extruder temperature as it poses a more accurate comparison parameter for evaluation of the indoor air quality in user scenarios or for health risk assessments. KW - Ultrafine particles KW - Infrared thermography KW - Thermocouple KW - Indoor air quality KW - FFF-3D printer PY - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-572842 VL - 18 SP - 100217 PB - Elsevier Ltd. CY - Amsterdam, Niederlande AN - OPUS4-57284 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vigna, L. A1 - Gottschalk, Martin A1 - Cacocciola, N. A1 - Verna, A. A1 - Marasso, S. L. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Pirri, C.F. A1 - Cocuzza, M. T1 - Flexible and reusable parylene C mask technology for applications in cascade impactor air quality monitoring systems N2 - The development of traceable new methodologies to quantify elemental air pollutants in particulate matter (PM) supports modernization of methods used in air quality monitoring networks in Europe. In the framework of the EURAMET EMPIR AEROMET II project, the combination of cascade impactor aerosol sampling and total reflection X-ray fluorescence elemental spectroscopy (TXRF) was investigated. This technique requires a traceable calibration based on reference samples. This paper describes a new, simple and effective method to produce such reference samples using flexible, reusable, and low-cost parylene C shadow masks, fabricated by photolithographic steps. These shadow masks can be used to produce reference samples that mimic the Dekati cascade impactor’s deposition patterns by applying as-prepared micro stencils to 30 mm acrylic substrates and evaporating a reference material (Ti) in arrangements of thin circular dots. The highly flexible direct patterning of acrylic discs with reference material, otherwise impossible with conventional photolithography, allows multiple reusing of the same micro stencils. The aspect ratios of the dots could be repeated with an error less than 4 %. A first set of standard reference samples for the 13 stages of the Dekati cascade impactor was produced and preliminary TXRF measurements of the deposited Ti masses were performed. The centricity of the deposition patterns turned out to be an important parameter for the quality of the TXRF results. The parylene mask technology for the production of reference samples turns out to be a promising new approach for the traceable calibration of TXRF spectrometers for the quantification of element concentrations in environmental aerosol samples but, due to its great versatility, it could be used for several other micropatterning applications on conventional and unconventional substrates. KW - AEROMET II KW - Aerosol KW - Parylene C KW - Reference samples KW - Flexible shadow masks KW - Cascade impactor KW - Air quality monitoring KW - Micropatterning KW - Mask fabrication KW - Elemental aerosol analysis KW - TXRF PY - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mne.2022.100108 SN - 2590-0072 VL - 14 SP - 1 EP - 19 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-54252 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ahlawat, A. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Gottschalk, Martin A1 - Tuch, T. A1 - Wiedensohler, A. T1 - Observation of systematic deviations between Faraday cup aerosol electrometers for varying particle sizes and flow rates - results of the AEROMET FCAE workshop N2 - Condensation particle counters (CPCs) are widely used for the measurement of aerosol particle number concentrations in the size range from approximately 3 nm to 3 μm. For an SI-traceable calibration of the size-dependent counting efficiency, which is advisable on a regular basis and required in several applications, Faraday cup aerosol electrometers (FCAEs) are considered to be a suitable SI-traceable reference.While the volumetric aerosol inlet flowrate and the electrical current measurement in FCAEs can be related to respective SI references, inter-comparison exercises for FCAEs are still performed on a regular basis to establish reliable uncertainty budgets and to further investigate the influences of designs and operational parameters on comparability. This is strongly demanded in the international community of metrological institutes and aerosol calibration facilities around the world, which provide CPC calibrations. In the present study, the performance of FCAEs was investigated,using Ag test aerosol particles with a 30 nm particle diameter by varying the inlet flowrates from 0.5 l min−1 to 4 l min−1. From our experimental results, significant deviations were observed in FCAE currents at sample flowrates smaller than 1.5 l min−1. It is recommended that these discrepancies should be quantified before an FCAE is used for CPC calibration at low sample flowrates and small particle sizes in the sub-30 nm size range. KW - Faraday cup aerosol electrometer KW - CPC calibration KW - Inter-comparison KW - Aerosol measurement instruments PY - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-531315 SN - 1681-7575 SN - 0026-1394 VL - 58 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Institute of Physics (IOP) CY - Bristol, UK AN - OPUS4-53131 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Analysis of air pollutants in ambient and indoor aerosolsby TXRF - application examples N2 - Quantitative chemical analysis of airborne particulate matter (PM) is vital for the understanding of health effects in indoor and outdoor environments, as well as for enforcing air quality regulations. Typically, airborne particles are sampled over long time periods on filters, followed by lab-based analysis, e.g., with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Within the EURAMET EMPIR AEROMET project, cascade impactor aerosol sampling was combined for the first time with on-site total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectroscopy to develop a tool for quantifying particle element compositions within short time intervals and even on-site. This makes variations of aerosol chemistry observable with time resolution of only a few hours and with good size resolution in the PM10 range. A proof of principles of this methodological approach and the comparison to standard methods within the scope of a field campaign will be presented. Secondly, aerosol sampling and TXRF analysis seems suitable for the quantification of elements in indoor aerosols as well and may provide an important enhancement of existing methods for the analysis of organic species in aerosols (such as sampling and TD-GC/MS). As an example, the TXRF analysis of particles emitted from laser printers under controlled conditions in an environmental test chamber will be presented. T2 - TXRF Journal ClubB CY - Online meeeting DA - 24.02.2022 KW - Aerosol KW - TXRF KW - Cascade impactor KW - ICP-MS KW - Particles KW - Air quality monitoring KW - Element mass concentration PY - 2022 AN - OPUS4-54418 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Auswertung durch anerkannte Prüfstellen nach dem Standard RAL-UZ 171, Anhang S-M durchgeführter Prüfungen der Partikelemissionen zur Fortentwicklung des Blauen Engel T1 - Evaluation of test reports on the particle emission from office equipment with printing function, based on the award criteria RAL-UZ 171, Annex SM, targeting to the development of the Blue Angel N2 - Mit der überarbeiteten Version der Vergabegrundlagen des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel für Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion (RAL-UZ 171:2012) wurde für die Partikelemission ein Prüfverfahren und ein Prüfwert eingeführt. Dies ergänzt die zahlreichen anderen Kriterien, die bereits Voraussetzungen für die Vergabe des Blauen Engels an Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion waren. Die Anwendung des Prüfwertes für Partikelemissionen wurde von der Jury Umweltzeichen in 2012 zunächst nur für Geräte unterhalb 250 l Volumen - sogenannte Tischgeräte - beschlossen. Für größere Geräte (> 250 l, sogenannte Standgeräte) wurde eine Dokumentation des Messergebnisses im Rahmen des Prüfberichtes festgelegt. Ein Grund für diese Unterscheidung war die Tatsache, dass zu diesem Zeitpunkt für die Standgeräte keine für eine sinnvolle Festlegung eines Prüfwerts ausreichende Zahl an Messwerten und keine Erfahrungen aus entsprechenden Emissionsprüfungen vorlagen. Notwendig zur beabsichtigten Festlegung des Prüfwerts für die Partikelemission aus großen Bürogeräten war deshalb die systematische Erfassung und Bewertung der durch die anerkannten Prüfinstitute nach Inkrafttreten der RAL-UZ 171 ermittelten Ergebnisse. Dies wurde in diesem Forschungsprojekt durchgeführt. Das Forschungsprojekt befasste sich des Weiteren mit der Ermittlung und Beurteilung der Qualität der Partikelemissionsprüfungen auf Basis der zur Verfügung stehenden Prüfberichte in beiden Größenkategorien. Im Ergebnis stellte sich heraus, dass die Qualität der Prüfungen der Partikelemission insgesamt mit einer Fehlerquote von 3 % ungültiger Prüfungen sehr gut war. Ein weiteres Ergebnis ist, dass keine prüfmethodischen oder qualitätsrelevanten Gründe gegen die Anwendung des bestehenden Prüfwerts auf große Bürogeräte sprechen. N2 - With the revision of the award criteria RAL-UZ 171:2012 "Office Equipment with Printing Function (Printers, Copiers and Multifunction Devices)" an additional test guideline along with a criterion for the emission of particles was included. The environmental label jury decided that this criterion was assigned with a test value and is obligatory only for the category of printing devices with volumes below 250 liters. For the larger printing devices (> 250 liters) the particle emission has to be tested and declared in the test report. This reflects the fact that the insufficient knowledge on particle emissions from large printing devices at that time was not a good basis for the determination of a test value. It was considered necessary to systematically review the results on particle emissions in all valid test reports from acknowledged test laboratories after the new award criteria came into effect in 2013. It was intended to decide on a test value for large devices based on this review. This is the core of the present research project. Further, all test reports on particle emissions, registered as valid by RAL, were subjected to a quality check. It turned out that the failure rate of reports with major faults is at 3 % only. As a result there are no methodological or quality-related reasons against making the test criterion mandatory also for the large printing devices. KW - Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion KW - Laserdrucker KW - Partikelemission KW - Blauer Engel KW - Vergaberichtlinie KW - RAL-UZ 171 KW - Office equipment with printing function KW - Laser printer KW - Particle emission KW - Award criteria KW - Blue Angel KW - RAL-UZ 171 PY - 2016 N1 - Forschungskennzahl 3712 95 338 2 - Project No. 3712 95 338 2 VL - Berichtsnummer UBA-FB 00 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-59858 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Horn, Wolfgang A1 - Juritsch, Elevtheria A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Erfassung der Zahl feiner und ultrafeiner Partikel aus Bürogeräten während der Druckphase zur Entwicklung eines Prüfverfahrens für das Umweltzeichen Blauer Engel für Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion - Zusammenfassung N2 - Vor dem Hintergrund der anhaltenden öffentlichen Diskussion um mögliche gesundheitliche Risiken von Ultrafein- und Feinstaubemissionen aus Bürogeräten mit Laserdruckfunktion (LPD, Laser Printing Device) wurde vom Umweltbundesamt ein Forschungsvorhaben zur Entwicklung einer Prüfprozedur für die Quantifizierung der emittierten Partikel durch Zählung unter Standardbedingungen in Emissionsmesskammern, sowie zur physikalischen und chemischen Charakterisierung dieser Aerosole initiiert. Als Ergebnis konnte die Partikelzählung in den Entwurf des Prüfverfahrens für die Bestimmung von Emissionen (RAL-UZ-122, Anhang S-M) des Umweltzeichens "Blauer Engel" für Bürogeräte sowie in den Prüfstandards ECMA-328 und den Entwurf der ISO/IEC 28360 integriert werden. Die Methode wurde in einem internationalen Ringversuch erfolgreich getestet. Auf dieser Basis können Vergabekriterien und -werte für die Emission von Fein- und Ultrafeinpartikeln im Rahmen der Vergabe des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel vereinbart und Produktprüfungen vorgenommen werden. KW - Blauer Engel KW - Bürogeräte mit Druckfunktion KW - Partikelemission KW - RAL-UZ 122 PY - 2011 VL - Förderkennzeichen UFOPLAN 3708 95 301 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-59863 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Müller, Werner T1 - Langzeitscherfestigkeit strukturierter Dichtungsbahnen N2 - In einem von der Firma GSE Lining Technology GmbH geförderten F+E-Vorhaben wurde die Langzeitscherfestigkeit und die Oxidationsstabilität von deren strukturierten PE-HD- Dichtungsbahnen untersucht. Bei diesen strukturierten Dichtungsbahnen wird das Strukturmaterial in einem eigenen Arbeitsgang aufgebracht. Das PE-HD-Material der Grundbahn war in allen Fällen Vestolen A 3512 R. Für das Strukturmaterial wurden die PE- LLD-Werkstoffe Ladene 118 N mit zwei Rußbatches (Proben 229/1 und 229/2) und Dowlex 2045 E mit zwei Rußbatches (Proben 229/3 und 229/4) verwendet. Die Langzeitscherfestigkeit wurde in Zeitstand-Scherversuchen in Wasser bei 80 °C getestet und dabei auch die Veränderung der OIT Werte von Grundbahn und Strukturmaterial gemessen. Die Oxidationsstabilität des Strukturmaterials im Vergleich zur Grundbahn wurde in Autoklavenversuchen an Proben im Wasserbad unter einem Sauerstoffdruck von 20 bar und 80°C geprüft. Nach der Immersion wurde die Veränderung der Reibungsparameter in Scherkastenversuchen ermittelt. T3 - BAM Forschungsberichtreihe - 256 PY - 2001 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-1955 SN - 978-3-89701-736-9 SN - 0938-5533 VL - 256 SP - 1 EP - 34 PB - Wirtschaftsverlag NW CY - Bremerhaven AN - OPUS4-195 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Böhm, Hans A1 - Söhring, Guido A1 - Müller, Werner ED - Cancelli, A. T1 - Long term testing of geomembranes and geotextiles under shear stress T2 - 2nd European Geosynthetics Conference ; 2nd EuroGeo 2000 CY - Bologna, Italy DA - 2000-10-15 KW - Geomembranes KW - Geotextiles PY - 2000 SN - 88-555-2560-3 VL - 2 SP - 607 EP - 612 PB - Pàtron CY - Bologna AN - OPUS4-854 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Thies, Martina A1 - Gerloff, Constantin A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Seeger, Stefan ED - Koerner, R. ED - Gartung, E. ED - Zanzinger, H. T1 - Long-term shear testing of geosynthetic clay liners T2 - International Symposium [on Clay Geosynthetic Barriers] IS CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 2002-04-16 PY - 2002 SN - 90-5809-380-8 SP - 97 EP - 104 PB - Balkema CY - Lisse AN - OPUS4-1362 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Anforderungen an Dichtungskontrollsysteme aus der Sicht des Anwenders T2 - 15. Fachtagung "Die Sichere Deponie" CY - Würzburg, Deutschland DA - 1999-02-18 KW - Dichtungskontrollsysteme KW - Oberflächenabdichtungen PY - 1999 IS - 15 SP - 1 EP - 13 PB - SKZ CY - Würzburg AN - OPUS4-752 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Mohr, Kerstin ED - Delmas, P. T1 - Long term tensile testing of polyolefin fibers in geotextiles T2 - 7th International Conference on Geosynthetics (ICG) CY - Nice, France DA - 2002-09-22 PY - 2002 SN - 90-5809-529-0 VL - 4 SP - 1459 EP - 1462 PB - Balkema CY - Lisse AN - OPUS4-1532 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Müller, Wolfgang ED - Dixon, N. T1 - Theoretical approach to designing protection - Selecting a geomembrane strain criterion T2 - 1st IGS UK Chapter National Geosynthetics Symposium CY - Nottingham, England, UK DA - 2003-06-17 PY - 2003 SN - 0-7277-3234-X SP - 137 EP - 151 PB - Telford CY - London AN - OPUS4-2564 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Requirements for Leak Monitoring Systems for HDPE Geomembrane Landfill Liners KW - Electric leak monitoring system KW - Landfill lining KW - HDPE geomembrane KW - Leaks and holes PY - 2002 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2462/09670513.610 SN - 0967-0513 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 91 EP - 99 PB - EPP Publ. CY - Richmond AN - OPUS4-1473 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Thies, Martina ED - Knipschild, F. W. T1 - Langzeit-Scherfestigkeit von Geokunststoffen aus mehreren Komponenten T2 - 19. Fachtagung "Die Sichere Deponie" CY - Würzburg, Deutschland DA - 2003-02-13 PY - 2003 IS - 19 SP - L1 EP - L14 PB - SKZ CY - Würzburg AN - OPUS4-2806 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Thies, Martina T1 - Langzeit-Scherfestigkeit von Geokunststoffen aus mehreren Komponenten T2 - 11. Braunschweiger Deponie- und Dichtwandseminar ; 11. Braunschweiger Deponieseminar CY - Braunschweig, Deutschland DA - 2004-03-11 KW - Scherfestigkeit KW - Beständigkeit KW - Geokunststoffe KW - Prüftechnik PY - 2004 UR - http://www.deponie-stief.de/pdf/fachlit_pdf/2004tubs_mueller_scherfestigkeit.pdf SN - 3-927610-65-8 IS - 74 SP - 213 EP - 231 PB - Inst. für Grundbau und Bodenmechanik, TU Braunschweig CY - Braunschweig AN - OPUS4-3361 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Thies, Martina A1 - Gerloff, Constantin ED - Floss, R. T1 - Long-Term Shear Strength of Multilayer Geosynthetics T2 - 3rd European Geosynthetics Conference "EuroGeo 3" - Geotechnical Engineering with Geosynthetics CY - Munich, Germany DA - 2004-03-01 PY - 2004 SN - 3-00-013305-4 VL - II SP - 429 EP - 434 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geotechnik CY - München AN - OPUS4-3326 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Ling term tensile testing of polyolefin fibers in geotextiles T2 - Workshop Creep and Durability, Seventh International Conference on Geosynthetic - 7 ICG, International Geosynthetic Society CY - Nice, France DA - 2002-09-22 PY - 2002 AN - OPUS4-6004 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Anforderungen an Dichtungskontrollsysteme aus der Sicht des Anwenders T2 - 15. Tagung "Die sichere Deponie" CY - Würzburg, Germany DA - 1999-02-18 PY - 1999 AN - OPUS4-3294 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Jakob, Ines A1 - Tatzky-Gerth, Renate A1 - August, Hans T1 - Anforderungen an die Schutzschicht für die Dichtungsbahnen in der Kombinationsdichtung - Teil 1: Wirksamkeit (lastverteilende Wirkung und Beständigkeit), Materialien und Prüfverfahren bei Schutzschichten PY - 1995 SN - 0027-2957 SN - 1863-9763 VL - 27 IS - 8 SP - 544 EP - 560 PB - Erich Schmidt CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-7589 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Müller, Werner ED - de Groot, M. T1 - Limits of stress and strain: Design criteria for protective layers for geomembranes in landfill liner systems T2 - 1st European Geosynthetics Conference (EUROGEO 1) CY - Maastricht, The Netherlands DA - 1996-09-30 PY - 1996 SN - 90-5410-836-3 SP - 153 EP - 157 PB - Balkema CY - Rotterdam AN - OPUS4-7575 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Müller, Werner T1 - Requirements and testing of protective layer systems for geomembranes T2 - 9th GRI Conference, Geosynthetics in Infrastructure - Enhancement and Remediation CY - Philadelphia, PA, USA DA - 1995-12-12 PY - 1995 SP - 175 EP - 184 CY - Philadelphia AN - OPUS4-7578 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Dichtungskontrollsysteme für Oberflächenabdichtungen T2 - 16. Fachtagung "Die Sichere Deponie" CY - Würzburg, Deutschland DA - 2000-02-10 PY - 2000 IS - 16 SP - H2 EP - H22 PB - SKZ CY - Würzburg AN - OPUS4-7576 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Long term waste containment - A challenge to geotextiles and geomembranes made of plastic materials T2 - International Symposium On Advanced Materials For Functional Manifestation of Frontier And Environmental Consciousness CY - Tokyo, Japan DA - 1997-09-01 PY - 1997 SP - 1(?) EP - 8(?) AN - OPUS4-7581 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Anforderungen an die Schutzschicht für die Dichtungsbahnen in der Kombinationsdichtung - Teil 2: Vorläufige Zulassungsrichtlinie für Schutzschichten PY - 1996 SN - 0027-2957 SN - 1863-9763 VL - 28 IS - 2 SP - 90 EP - 99 PB - Erich Schmidt CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-7588 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Anforderungen an Dichtungskontrollsysteme in Oberflächenabdichtungen von Deponien - Empfehlungen des Arbeitskreises Dichtungskontrollsysteme (AKDKS) PY - 2001 SN - 0340-7551 IS - 1 SP - 1-17 und Anhänge 1-3 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialprüfung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-7579 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lüders, Günter A1 - Seeger, Stefan ED - Holzlöhner, U. ED - August, H. ED - Meggyes, T. T1 - Geotextile protective layer systems for geomembranes PY - 1997 SN - 0-7277-2590-4 SP - 77 EP - 83 PB - Thomas Telford Publishing CY - London AN - OPUS4-7577 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Zulassung von Schutzlagen T2 - 11. Fachtagung "Die sichere Deponie" CY - Würzburg, Deutschland DA - 1995-02-16 PY - 1995 IS - 11 SP - 1(?) EP - 11(?) CY - Würzburg AN - OPUS4-7587 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Müller, Werner T1 - Requirements and Testing of Protective Layer Systems for Geomembranes N2 - Geomembranes used in basal liner systems of landfills must not be damaged by the coarse gravel of the standard drainage layer. Therefore, the geomembrane must be protected against mechanical damage and strain by means of a suitable protective layer. The main requirements for this protective layer as well as the long-term durability of the mineral and geotextile components are compiled in the guideline recently released by German authorities. An overview is given on the existing types of protective layer systems with the state-of-the-art testing, the requirements and selected results of related research programs. PY - 1996 SN - 0266-1144 VL - 14 IS - 7-8 SP - 365 EP - 376 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-7583 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Müller, Werner A1 - Jakob, Ines A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Tatzky-Gerth, Renate T1 - Long-term shear strength of geosynthetic clay liners N2 - Geosynthetic clay liners (GCLs) often have a sandwich-like multilayer structure, e.g. bentonite encased between two geotextile layers connected by fibers or yarns, either by needle-punching or stitch-bonding. Therefore, the internal shear strength of the GCL depends on the strength of reinforcing fiber bundles or yarns and their anchoring strength in the cover and carrier geotextiles. When used on long and steep slopes and covered with thick soil layers, the GCL is permanently exposed to a combined action of compressive and shear stress. Such load conditions are characteristic for landfill covers and the slope stability of the overall cover system in the long run strongly depends on the long-term internal shear strength of the GCL. A new test method was developed to study this long-term shear behavior. The focus was not only on creep, as it is normally done, but on aging effects. The shear test devices allow the measurement of creep curves and times-to-failure at elevated temperatures in different media (tap water and de-ionized water). In this publication, the main findings of the experiments on needle-punched GCLs with and without thermal treatment are summarized. Tap water as a test medium was essential to ensure sodium to calcium ion exchange in the bentonite layer. Under this condition extremely long test durations without failure were achieved. Sliding failure occurred when de-ionized water was used. Two failure modes were observed: brittle failure of the GCLs with thermal treatment and slow disentanglement of fiber bundles for untreated GCLs. Short-term shear strength (e.g. peel strength) is unrelated to the actual long-term shear strength, i.e. to the times-to-failure achieved in long-term shear strength test. Hence, short-term shear strength alone will not provide reliable dimensioning data for product design and choice of resins. Therefore, the often suggested approach, namely, restriction to short-term tests only and application of factors of safety, is challenged by these results. KW - Geosynthetic clay liner KW - Shear strength KW - Oxidative resistance KW - Test methods KW - Long-term testing PY - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2007.08.001 SN - 0266-1144 VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 130 EP - 144 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-16710 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Time- and Size-Resolved Characterization of Particle Emissions from Office Machines with Printing Function T2 - Healthy Buildings 2006 CY - Lisboa, Portugal DA - 2006-06-04 KW - Hard copy devices KW - Laserprinters KW - Toner KW - Particle emissions KW - Particles KW - Aerosols PY - 2006 SN - 978-989-95067-1-8 VL - 2 SP - 447 EP - 450 CY - Lissabon AN - OPUS4-14522 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Gusovius, H.-J. A1 - Wallot, G. ED - Peukert, W. ED - Schreglmann, C. T1 - A new measurement method to evaluate length related properties of natural bast fibres T2 - PARTEC 2007 - International Congress on Particle Technology CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 2007-03-27 KW - Bast fibres KW - Natural fibres KW - Fibre length distribution KW - Image analysis PY - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - Nürnberg Messe CY - Nürnberg AN - OPUS4-16099 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Vorstellung der Software FiberScanner zur Faserlängenmessung T2 - Workshop Innovative Entwicklung bei Naturfasercharekterisierung und -verarbeitung, Leibnitzinstitut für Agrartechnik CY - Potsdam, Germany DA - 2006-09-18 PY - 2006 AN - OPUS4-14252 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Bücker, Michael A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Jann, Oliver A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Böcker, Wolfgang D. G. T1 - Qualitative characterization of nanoparticle emissions from office machines with printing functions T2 - Ultrafine Particles in Urban Air - Abschlußkonferenz des EU-Projektes UFIPOLNET, Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie LfUG CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 2007-10-23 PY - 2007 AN - OPUS4-16161 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Jann, Oliver A1 - Brödner, Doris A1 - Schneider, Uwe A1 - Krocker, Christian A1 - Kalus, Sabine A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Bücker, Michael T1 - Prüfung von Emissionen aus Bürogeräten während der Druckphase zur Weiterentwicklung des Umweltzeichens Blauer Engel für Laserdrucker und Multifunktionsgeräte unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Sicherung guter Innenraumluftqualität KW - Emissionen KW - Emissionsmesskammern KW - VOC KW - TVOC KW - Ozon KW - Staub KW - RAL-UZ 122 KW - Blauer Engel KW - Bürogerät KW - Laserdrucker KW - Partikel PY - 2008 UR - http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/pruefung-von-emissionen-aus-buerogeraeten-waehrend SN - 1862-4804 VL - 35 IS - 8 SP - 1 EP - 164 PB - Umweltbundesamt CY - Dessau-Roßlau AN - OPUS4-18265 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Wilke, Olaf T1 - Prüfkammermessungen zur Erfassung von VOC- und Partikelemissionen aus Laserdruckern T2 - 15. WaBoLu-Innenraumtage des Vereins für Wasser-, Boden- und Lufthygiene e. V., Gelsenkrichen, Umweltbundesamt CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2008-04-28 PY - 2008 AN - OPUS4-18549 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Jann, Oliver T1 - Quantitive and Qualitative Comparison of Perticulate Emissions from Office Machines (Abstract für Vortrag) T2 - 9th Healthy Buildings 2009 Conference and Exhibition CY - Syracuse, NY, USA DA - 2009-09-13 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-18939 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Bresch, Harald T1 - Partikelemissionen aus Laserdruckern auf der Spur KW - Laserdrucker KW - Ultrafeinstaub KW - Partikelemission PY - 2008 SN - 0344-1733 SN - 1610-8256 IS - 4 SP - 26 EP - 28 PB - Vogel CY - Würzburg AN - OPUS4-18563 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dutschke, Andreas A1 - Lohrer, Christian A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Kurth, Lutz T1 - Gasförmige und feste Reaktionsprodukte beim Abbrand von Indoor-Feuerwerk N2 - Beim Abbrand einzelner Feuerwerkskörper für den Indoor-Bereich wurden als gasförmige Hauptreaktionsprodukte unter anderem CO2, CO, COS, nitrose Gase, diverse Kohlenwasserstoffe und Schwefelverbindungen (teilweise in sehr hohen Konzentrationen) mit Hilfe der FTIR-Spektroskopie nachgewiesen. Zusätzliche Feinstaubmessungen parallel zum Abbrand in einem großen Raum illustrierten die zeitweise hohen Partikelkonzentrationen an unterschiedlichen Messpunkten. KW - Feinstaub KW - FTIR-Spektroskopie KW - Gase KW - Indoor-Feuerwerk KW - Kohlenwasserstoffe KW - Schwefelverbindungen PY - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.200800122 SN - 0009-286X SN - 1522-2640 VL - 81 IS - 1-2 SP - 167 EP - 175 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-18745 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Thurner, J. U. T1 - Erarbeitung von Prüfkriterien für die Emission ultrafeiner Partikel aus Hardcopy-Geräten und Laserdruckern T2 - 16. WaBoLu-Innenraumtage, Verein für Wasser-, Boden- und Lufthygiene e. V., UBA CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2009-05-18 PY - 2009 AN - OPUS4-19508 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Prietzel, Claudia A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Fink, C. A1 - Giese, A. A1 - Walter, J. T1 - Surface film formation and dust generation during brake performance tests T2 - Braking 2009 CY - York, UK DA - 2009-06-09 KW - Bremse KW - Dritter Körper KW - Verschleiß KW - Reibung KW - Nanocharakterisierung KW - Aerosol PY - 2009 SN - 978-1-84334-559-6 IS - C672/028/09 SP - 29 EP - 38 PB - Woodhead Publishing Ltd AN - OPUS4-19574 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dutschke, Andreas A1 - Lohrer, Christian A1 - Kurth, Lutz A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Panne, Ulrich T1 - Aerosol emissions from outdoor firework displays N2 - The results of investigations on the emission of particulate matter from three outdoor firework displays are presented. During these events, possibly harmful and toxic aerosol emissions were measured. Aerosols in the size range from 30 to 450 nm were detected. The maxima in the observed particle size distribution were between 80 and 175 nm, and the highest value determined was ~1.3 · 106 particles per cm³, while the highest mass concentration was approximately 1.8 mg m–3. The time-averaged particle mass concentration did, however, not exceed 0.7 mg m–3 (over 15 min). KW - Firework display KW - Particle size range KW - Particulate matter KW - Threshold values PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201100080 SN - 0930-7516 SN - 1521-4125 VL - 34 IS - 12 SP - 2044 EP - 2050 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-24929 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wienold, Julia A1 - Traub, Heike A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Recknagel, Sebastian A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich T1 - Effort on calibration of infrared spark ablation of copper with synthetic copper standards N2 - Two types of copper samples, compact certified copper reference materials and calibration samples prepared from liquid doped, pressed copper powders, were studied in terms of accuracy of obtained calibration functions originating from infrared spark ablation. Additionally, corresponding particle size distributions of the aerosols from infrared spark ablation were recorded. It is shown that the differences in quantification results, originating from the two sets of calibration functions, could not mainly be ascribed to different particle size distributions of the two copper sample types. Possible other causes, as different ablation rates, parts of melting and differences of the chemical constitutions of the two sample types were explored. KW - Calibration KW - Spark ablation KW - Synthetic standard KW - Particle size distribution KW - Fractionation KW - Laser ablation KW - ICP-MS PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2011.04.005 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 VL - 66 IS - 6 SP - 432 EP - 438 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-24065 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Characterization of Localized NP Emission Sources - Examples T2 - Metrology of Airborne Nanoparticles, Standardisation and Applications (MANSA-Workshop), NPL CY - London, England DA - 2010-06-08 PY - 2010 AN - OPUS4-21434 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Barthel, Mathias T1 - Prüfverfahren Blauer Engel für Bürodruckgeräte unter Berücksichtigung ultrafeiner Partikelemissionen, Abschluss des Ufoplan-Vorhabens T2 - 18. WaBoLu-Innenraumtage, UBA Berlin CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2011-05-30 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-24377 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Zeitaufgelöste Partikelemissionsmessungen an Bürogeräten mit Laserdruckfunktion T2 - 25. Aerosol Technologie Seminar, Fa. Palas GmbH CY - Karlsruhe, Germany DA - 2011-09-12 PY - 2011 AN - OPUS4-24380 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Pedan, Vasilisa A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Jann, Oliver A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - XRF-Analysis of fine and ultrafine particles emitted from laser printing devices N2 - In this work, the elemental composition of fine and ultrafine particles emitted by ten different laser printing devices (LPD) is examined. The particle number concentration time series was measured as well as the particle size distributions. In parallel, emitted particles were size-selectively sampled with a cascade impactor and subsequently analyzed by the means of XRF. In order to identify potential sources for the aerosol's elemental composition, materials involved in the printing process such as toner, paper, and structural components of the printer were also analyzed. While the majority of particle emissions from laser printers are known to consist of recondensated semi volatile organic compounds, elemental analysis identifies Si, S, Cl, Ca, Ti, Cr, and Fe as well as traces of Ni and Zn in different size fractions of the aerosols. These elements can mainly be assigned to contributions from toner and paper. The detection of elements that are likely to be present in inorganic compounds is in good agreement with the measurement of nonvolatile particles. Quantitative measurements of solid particles at 400 °C resulted in residues of 1.6 × 109 and 1.5 × 1010 particles per print job, representing fractions of 0.2% and 1.9% of the total number of emitted particles at room temperature. In combination with the XRF results it is concluded that solid inorganic particles contribute to LPD emissions in measurable quantities. Furthermore, for the first time Br was detected in significant concentrations in the aerosol emitted from two LPD. The analysis of several possible sources identified the plastic housings of the fuser units as main sources due to substantial Br concentrations related to brominated flame retardants. KW - Particulate emissions KW - UFP KW - FP KW - Laser printers KW - XRF PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/es201590q SN - 0013-936X SN - 1520-5851 VL - 45 IS - 18 SP - 7819 EP - 7825 PB - ACS Publ. CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-24393 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Konzepte zur ISO-Kalibrierung der Messung von Partikelgrößen und Partikelanzahlkonzentrationen T2 - Symposium: Ultrafeine Partikel (UFP) in der städischen Außenluft CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2012-05-24 PY - 2012 AN - OPUS4-26067 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Barthel, Mathias A1 - Fiedler, J. A1 - Giacomini, M. A1 - Moriske, H.-J. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Thurner, J.-U. T1 - Partikelemissionen aus Laserdruckern - Aktueller Sachstand N2 - Partikelemissionen aus Laserdruckern sind seit längerem bekannt und wurden bislang als Feinstaubmasse bei der Prüfwertvergabe für den Blauen Engel begrenzt. Seit einigen Jahren weiß man, dass neben den Feinstaubpartikeln auch ultrafeine Partikel beim Betrieb von Laserdruckern emittiert werden. Diese Emissionen lassen sich nur eingeschränkt bis gar nicht über Nachrüstfilter am Druckgerät minimieren. Das Umweltbundesamt (UBA) hat dies zum Anlass genommen, die Prüfvorgaben für den Blauen Engel im Hinblick auf die Erfassung ultrafeiner Partikel anzupassen und zu verschärfen. UBA hat hierzu einen Forschungsauftrag an die Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) vergeben. Testverfahren und Prüfvorgaben sind nunmehr erarbeitet und werden im Beitrag vorgestellt. Die geänderten Prüfbedingungen sollen ab 2013 in die Prüfvorgabe eingeführt werden. Etwa drei Viertel der derzeit am Markt erhältlichen Laserdrucker werden die strengen Prüfvorgaben nicht erfüllen können. N2 - Particle emissions from laser printers are since longer time well-known. The total particulate mass (fine dust) is already limited within the Blue Angel basic criteria. For some years we know that besides fine particles (FP) also the ultrafine particle (UFP) fraction is relevant for health impact assessment. These particles are also emitted by laser printing devices. Particle filter systems, fixed outside the printing device housings, do not provide a general solution to the minimization of UFP emissions. The Federal Environment Agency of Germany (UBA) therefore decided to update the existing test procedure and its basic criteria for the Blue Angel ecolabel by considering also the number of ultra fine particles. For this project, UBA contracted the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM). As an outcome, the draft proposal for the extended test procedure along with particle emission limits is presented here. The changed basic criteria are to be set into force by January 2013. It is expected that approximately three-quarters of the printers currently available on the market will not meet these strict test criteria. KW - Laserdrucker KW - Blauer Engel KW - UFP KW - FP KW - Partikelemissionen PY - 2012 SN - 2190-1120 SN - 2190-1147 VL - 1 SP - 23 EP - 29 PB - BfS CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-25922 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Bresch, Harald A1 - Dörfel, Ilona A1 - Steinborn, Gabriele A1 - Krietsch, Arne A1 - Langner, Jeanette A1 - Schmidt, Martin A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Physical-chemical characterization of NM105(P25) N2 - NM 105, Ti02 (P25) could not be ignited as dust layer and dispersed in air as dust/air-mixture as well. This dust is not dust explosible and the burning behaviour corresponds to Burning Class 1 (no Ignition). The results have shown that the tested sample is thus not combustible at all, because it is already oxidized completely. KW - OECD KW - WPMN KW - TiO2 KW - NM105 KW - P25 KW - Sponsorship programme PY - 2012 SP - 1 EP - 18 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-27322 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Fettig, Ina A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Werrel, Martin A1 - Deubel, Jan A1 - Raspe, Tina A1 - Piechotta, Christian A1 - Krüger, Simone T1 - Raumbrände - Teil 2: Versuchsaufbau und Brandspurenanalytik N2 - Der vorliegende Bericht ist der 2.Teil eines Gesamtberichtes und schildert ausführlich die im Kontext des BAM-Innovationsoffensive-Projektes „Chemische Brandspurenanalytik“ durchgeführten Untersuchungen und fasst die gewonnenen analytischen Erkenntnisse zusammen. Der gesamte Bericht gliedert sich in drei Teile. Der erste Teil beinhaltet den Aufbau, die Durchführung und die brandtechnologische Auswertung der durchgeführten Raumbrandversuche, während in dem hier vorliegenden Teil die analytischen Methoden zum Nachweis des Brandbeschleunigers in den Brandrückständen vorgestellt und ausgewertet werden. Die Beurteilung von Brandspuren und daraus abgeleitet die Rekonstruktion eines Brandverlaufes beruhen auch auf der präzisen chemischen Analyse der Brandprodukte. Im Rahmen dieses Projektes wurde eine innovative Methodik entwickelt, wie verfügbare Analysetechniken in geeigneter Weise kombiniert werden können, um aus festen, flüssigen und gasförmigen Brandrückständen Rückschlüsse auf den Brandverlauf ziehen zu können. Neben der Untersuchung von Proben von realen Brandorten wurden verschiedene wohnungstypische Materialien unter Laborbedingungen unterschiedlichen Brandszenarien unterworfen. Die dabei entstehenden Brandgase, Aerosole sowie der verbleibende Brandrückstand wurden durch geeignete analytische Verfahren analysiert, um mögliche Brandursachen beurteilen zu können. Der Schwerpunkt dieses Berichtes liegt in dem Nachweis von Brandbeschleunigern. Es zeigte sich, dass mittels der Kombination aus HS-SPME-GC-MS sowohl in den festen Brandrückständen, als auch in den Kondensaten Brandbeschleuniger eindeutig und verlässlich nachgewiesen werden können. Anhand von 5 verschiedenen Zimmerbrandversuchen wurde der Einfluss von Brandbeschleunigern auf den Brandverlauf experimentell untersucht. Es wurden verschiedene brandtechnologische Kennwerte, wie der Massenverlust des gesamten Brandraums, Brandraumtemperaturen, die Wärmefreisetzungen sowie die Rauchgasemissionen ermittelt und beurteilt. Die Rauchgasanalyse erfolgte im Schlot, im Brandraum sowie in der Brandraumöffnung mittels Fourier Transformierte Infrarot-FTIR-Spektroskopie. Neben diesen brandtechnologischen Untersuchungen, die im Bericht Teil 1 enthalten sind, erfolgten auch chemisch-analytische Untersuchungen nach dem Brand, mit dem Ziel, den eingesetzten Brandbeschleuniger nachzuweisen. Im Anschluss an die jeweiligen Zimmerbrandversuche wurden verschiedene Brandrückstandsproben aus dem Brandschutt, Wischproben von den Wänden und den übriggebliebenen Gegenständen genommen und mit Hilfe einer entwickelten HS-SPME-GC-MS-Methode (Headspace-Solid Phase Micro Extraction-Gas Chromatographie-Massenspekrometrie) in Hinblick eines möglichen Brandbeschleunigernachweis analysiert. KW - Raumbrände KW - Rauchgase KW - Wärmefreisetzung KW - Rauchgastemperaturen KW - Analytik PY - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-301257 SN - 978-3-9815944-8-5 SP - 1 EP - 190 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-30125 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Beck, Oliver A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Pyza, Lars A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Test procedure for the evaluation of adsorptive building materials T2 - Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International conference CY - Brisbane, Australia DA - 2012-07-08 KW - Air cleaning KW - Sorptive construction materials KW - Test procedure KW - Volatile organic compound KW - Test gas generation KW - Healthy homes and buildings KW - Material and construction KW - Product safety KW - Risk assessment PY - 2012 SN - 978-1-921897-40-5 SP - 43 EP - 44 (Session 4B) AN - OPUS4-27558 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Barthel, Mathias T1 - Particle emission from laser printing devices - Analysis and problem treatment within the German Blue Angel ecolabel for office machines T2 - Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International conference CY - Brisbane, Australia DA - 2012-07-08 KW - Ultrafine particle sources KW - Ultrafine particle emission KW - Health effects KW - Product safety KW - Standards PY - 2012 SN - 978-1-921897-40-5 SP - 1 EP - 6 (4F.1) AN - OPUS4-27524 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Langner, Jeanette A1 - Nowak, D. A1 - Jörres, R.A. A1 - Karrasch, S. A1 - Ehret, M. A1 - Herbig, B. A1 - Schierl, R. T1 - Untersuchung möglicher gesundheitlicher Gefährdungen durch Drucker- und Kopierer-Emissionen KW - Bürogeräte KW - Laserdrucker KW - Partikelemission KW - Aerosol KW - Gesundheitliche Gefährdung KW - In-vivo-Studie PY - 2014 UR - http://www.dguv.de/Projektdatenbank/0294A/3228509v1.pdf SP - 1 EP - 238 CY - Berlin ET - Abschlussbericht der Projektpartner zum DGUV-Projekt (Kennziffer FP 294) AN - OPUS4-31335 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - In-situ-Röntgenfluoreszenzanalytik an Nanopartikeln und Aerosolen T2 - 27. Palas Aerosol Technologie Seminar CY - Karlsruhe, Germany DA - 2014-09-16 PY - 2014 AN - OPUS4-31351 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Krüger, Simone A1 - Raspe, Tina A1 - Piechotta, Christian A1 - Fettig, Ina A1 - Deubel, Jan A1 - Rothhardt, Monika T1 - Partikelanalyse im Brandfall T2 - Workshop Chemische Brandspurenanalytik CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2013-04-09 PY - 2013 AN - OPUS4-28535 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - Weiterentwicklung des Umweltzeichens für (Drucker)multifunktionsgeräte - Prüfwert für Partikelemissionen T2 - 22. WaBoLu-Innenraumtage CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 2015-05-12 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33273 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Wilke, Olaf A1 - Seeger, Stefan T1 - New VOC compounds in the indoor environment from thermoplastic filaments for 3D printing N2 - A screening test for potential emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) was run on different thermoplastic filaments used for 3D printing. The method of direct thermal desorption was used to simulate the high temperatures during the 3D printing process and to identify the main compounds emitted from the filaments. A )arge number of unexpected compounds were detected that might affect the user's health and have an impact on indoor air chemistry. T2 - HB 2015 - 1st North American regional conference Healthy Buildings 2015 America CY - Boulder, Colorado, USA DA - 17.09.2015 KW - VOC KW - Emission KW - 3D printer PY - 2015 SP - 281 EP - 282 AN - OPUS4-34941 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Herbig, B. A1 - Jörres, R. A. A1 - Schierl, R. A1 - Simon, M. A1 - Langner, Jeanette A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Nowak, D. A1 - Karrasch, S. T1 - Psychological and cognitive effects of laser printer emissions: A controlled exposure study N2 - The possible impact of ultrafine particles from laser printers on human health is controversially discussed although there are persons reporting substantial symptoms in relation to these emissions. A randomized, single-blinded, cross-over experimental design with two exposure conditions (high-level and low-level exposure) was conducted with 23 healthy subjects, 14 subjects with mild asthma, and 15 persons reporting symptoms associated with laser printer emissions. To separate physiological and psychological effects, a secondary physiologically based categorization of susceptibility to particle effects was used. In line with results from physiological and biochemical assessments, we found no coherent, differential, or clinically relevant effects of different exposure conditions on subjective complaints and cognitive performance in terms of attention, short-term memory, and psychomotor performance. However, results regarding the psychological characteristics of participants and their situational perception confirm differences between the participants groups: Subjects reporting symptoms associated with laser printer emissions showed a higher psychological susceptibility for adverse reactions in line with previous results on persons with multiple chemical sensitivity or idiopathic environmental intolerance. In conclusion, acute psychological and cognitive effects of laser printer emissions were small and could be attributed only to different participant groups but not to differences in exposure conditions in terms of particle number concentrations. KW - Cognitive performance KW - Exposure KW - Idiopathic environmental intolerance KW - Laser printer emission KW - Multiple chemical sensitivity KW - Subjective complaints PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12429 SN - 1600-0668 SN - 0905-6947 VL - 28 IS - 1 SP - 112 EP - 124 PB - John Wiley & Sons, Inc. CY - 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA AN - OPUS4-43945 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wiedensohler, A. A1 - Wiesner, A. A1 - Weinhold, K. A1 - Birmili, W. A1 - Herrmann, M. A1 - Merkel, M. A1 - Müller, T. A1 - Pfeifer, S. A1 - Schmidt, A. A1 - Tuch, T. A1 - Velarde, F. A1 - Quincey, P. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Nowak, A. T1 - Mobility particle size spectrometers: Calibration procedures and measurement uncertainties N2 - Mobility particle size spectrometers (MPSS) belong to the essential instruments in aerosol science that determine the particle number size distribution (PNSD)in the submicrometer size range. Following calibration procedures and target uncertainties against standards and reference instruments are suggested for a complete MPSS quality assurance program: a) calibration of the CPC counting efficiency curve (within 5% for the plateau counting efficiency; within 1 nm for the 50% detection efficiency diameter), b) sizing calibration of the MPSS, using a certified polystyrene latex (PSL) particle size standard at 203 nm (within 3%), c) intercomparison of the PNSD of the MPSS (within 10% and 20% of the dN/dlogDP concentration for the particle size range 20 – 200 nm and 200 to 800 nm, respectively), and d) intercomparison of the integral PNC of the MPSS (within 10%). Furthermore, following measurement uncertainties have been investigated: a) PSL particle size standards in the range from 100-500nm match within 1% after sizing calibration at 203 nm. b) Bipolar diffusion chargers based on the radioactive nuclides Kr85, Am241 and Ni63 and a new ionizer based on corona discharge follow the recommended bipolar charge distribution, while soft X-ray-based charges may alter faster than expected. c) The use of a positive high voltage supply show a 10% better performance than a negative one. d) The intercomparison of the integral PNC of an MPSS against the total number concentration is still within the target uncertainty at an ambient pressure of approximately 500 hPa. KW - Measurement uncertainties KW - Mobility particle size spectrometer (MPPS) KW - Condensation particle counter (CPC) KW - Calibration PY - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-425060 SN - 1521-7388 VL - 52 IS - 2 SP - 146 EP - 164 PB - Tailor & Francis CY - USA AN - OPUS4-42506 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Brödner, Doris A1 - Jacobi, T. A1 - Rasch, Fabian A1 - Rothhardt, Monika A1 - Wilke, Olaf T1 - Emissions of fine and ultrafine particles and volatile organic compounds from different filament materials operated on a low-cost 3D printer T1 - Emissionen feiner und ultrafeiner Partikel sowie flüchtiger organischer Verbindungen beim Einsatz verschiedener Filamentmaterialien in einem „low-cost“-3D-Drucker N2 - 3D-printing or additive manufacturing has many promising and unique advantages. Especially low cost molten polymer Deposition Printers are increasingly populär in the private and educational sector. Their environmental friendliness can be questioned due to recently reported ultrafine particle and suspected VOC emissions, To further investigate 3D-printing as a potential indoor air pollution source we characterized fine and ultrafine particle emissions from a molten polymer deposition printer producing a 3D object with ten marketable polymer filament materials under controlled conditions in a test chamber. VOC emissions from the filaments have also been compared. Using a straightforward emission model time dependent and averaged particle emission rates were determined. The results indicate that under comparable conditions some filament materials produce mainly ultrafine particles up to an average rate of 1013 per minute. This value is in the upper ränge of typical indoor ultrafine particle sources (e.g. Smoking, frying, candle light, laser printer). The observed material-specific rates differ by five Orders of magnitude. Filament-specific gaseous emissions of organic compounds such as bisphenol A, styrene and others were also detected. Our results suggest a detailed evaluation of related risks and considering protective measures such as housing and filtering. N2 - 3D-Druck oder additive Herstellungsverfahren haben eine Menge vielversprechender und einzigartiger Vorteile. Insbesondere günstige 3D-Drucker für Polymere werden im privaten und ausbildenden Bereich zunehmend beliebter. Ihre Umweltfreundlichkeit kann aufgrund jüngst berichteter Emissionen ultrafeiner Partikel und vermuteter VOC-Emissionen infrage gestellt werden. Um 3D-Drucker für Polymere als mögliche Quelle von Innenraumluftverunreinigungen weiter zu untersuchen, charakterisierten wir die Emissionen feiner und ultrafeiner Partikel bei der Herstellung eines 3D-Objekts unter Verwendung zehn marktgängiger Polymerfilamente unter kontrollierten Bedingungen in einer Emissionsprüfkammer. Die VOC-Emissionen der verschiedenen Filamente wurden ebenfalls verglichen. Die zeitabhängigen und gemittelten Partikelemissionsraten wurden durch Anwendung eines einfachen Emissionsmodells bestimmt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass unter vergleichbaren Bedingungen einige Filamente mit einer mittleren Rate von 10 KW - Emission KW - Ultrafine particles KW - VOC KW - 3D printer PY - 2018 SN - 0949-8036 SN - 0039-0771 VL - 78 IS - 3 SP - 79 EP - 87 PB - Springer-VDI-Verl. CY - Düsseldorf AN - OPUS4-44954 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Osan, J. A1 - Czömpöly, O. A1 - Gross, A. A1 - Stosnach, H. A1 - Stabile, L. A1 - Ochsenkuehn-Petropoulou, M. A1 - Tsakanika, L. A1 - Lymperopoulou, T. A1 - Goddard, S. A1 - Fiebig, M. A1 - Gaie-Levrel, F. A1 - Kayser, Y. A1 - Beckhoff, B. T1 - Quantification of Element Mass Concentrations in Ambient Aerosols by Combination of Cascade Impactor Sampling and Mobile Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy N2 - Quantitative chemical analysis of airborne particulate matter (PM) is vital for the understanding of health effects in indoor and outdoor environments, as well as for enforcing EU air quality regulations. Typically, airborne particles are sampled over long time periods on filters, followed by lab-based analysis, e.g., with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). During the EURAMET EMPIR AEROMET project, cascade impactor aerosol sampling is combined for the first time with on-site total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) spectroscopy to develop a tool for quantifying particle element compositions within short time intervals and even on-site. This makes variations of aerosol chemistry observable with time resolution only a few hours and with good size resolution in the PM10 range. The study investigates the proof of principles of this methodological approach. Acrylic discs and silicon wafers are shown to be suitable impactor carriers with sufficiently smooth and clean surfaces, and a non-destructive elemental mass concentration measurement with a lower limit of detection around 10 pg/m3 could be achieved. We demonstrate the traceability of field TXRF measurements to a radiometrically calibrated TXRF reference, and the results from both analytical methods correspond satisfactorily. KW - TXRF KW - Reference method KW - Cascade impactor KW - Ambient aerosols KW - Particles KW - Air quality monitoring KW - Element mass concentration KW - Size resolved chemical composition KW - Time resolved chemical composition KW - ICP-MS PY - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-521860 UR - http://www.aerometproject.com/ SN - 2073-4433 VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 309 EP - 337 PB - MDPI CY - Basel, Schweiz AN - OPUS4-52186 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Horender, S. A1 - Auderset, K. A1 - Quincey, P. A1 - Seeger, Stefan A1 - Skov, S. N. A1 - Dierschel, K. A1 - Smith, T. O.M. A1 - Williams, K. A1 - Aegerter, C. C. A1 - Kalbermatter, D. M. A1 - Gaie-Levrel, F. A1 - Vasilatou, K. T1 - Facility for production of ambient-like model aerosols (PALMA) inthe laboratory: application in the intercomparison of automated PMmonitors with the reference gravimetric method N2 - A new facility has been developed which allows for a stable and reproducible production of ambient-like model aerosols (PALMA) in the laboratory. The set-up consists of multiple aerosol generators, a custom-made flow tube homogeniser, isokinetic sampling probes, and a system to control aerosol temperature and humidity. Model aerosols containing elemental carbon, secondary organic matter from the ozonolysis of α-pinene, inorganic salts such as ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate, mineral dust particles,and water were generated under different environmental conditions and at different number and mass concentrations. The aerosol physical and chemical properties were characterised with an array of experimental methods, including scanning mobility particle sizing, ion chromatography, total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and thermo-optical analysis. The facility is very versatile and can find applications in the calibration and performance characterisation of aerosol instruments monitoring ambient air. In this study, we performed, as proof of concept, an intercomparison of three different commercial PM (particulate matter) monitors (TEOM1405, DustTrak DRX 8533 and Fidas Frog) with the gravimetric reference method under three simulated environmental scenarios. The results are presented and compared to previous field studies. We believe that the laboratory-based method for simulating ambient aerosols presented here could provide in the future a useful alternative to time-consuming and expensive field campaigns, which are often required for instrument certification and calibration. KW - Model aerosols KW - Intercomparison KW - PM monitors KW - Aerosol gravimetry PY - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-521342 VL - 14 IS - 2 SP - 1225 EP - 1238 PB - Copernicus Publications AN - OPUS4-52134 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -