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1976-1995 Autocat 453; area, personal Total dust, soluble 28.7 % ≥ 2 µ g/m 3 , Linnett and

platinum max 438 µ g/m 3 Hughes, 1999

1989-1991 Chemical process 176; area, personal Total dust; soluble 8.5 % >2 µ g/m 3

operators in Autocat platinum

Platinum catalyst 35 Respirable soluble Long-term sampling Maynard et al ., 1997

production platinum 0.216 µ g/m 3 ,

max 0.600 µ g/m 3

Short-term sampling

0.975 µ g/m 3 ,

max 10.82 µ g/m 3

Preparation of solutions 3,2,2 area, PM10 Soluble PM10/ 0.02/0.08/0.02 µ g/m 3 Petrucci et al .,

for coating 8, 3,3 area, PM10 total/soluble 1.71/2.54/0.67 µ g/m 3 2004, 2005

Coating of supports for 4,2,2 area PM10 platinum 0.24/0.34/0.08 µ g/m 3

catalytic converters 2,2,2, area, PM10 0.18/0.42/0.03 µ g/m 3

Adsorptionon the carrier

Recoveryof PGMs from

exhaustedcatalytic converters

Preparation of solutions for 3, personal Total, soluble 0.41 µ g/m 3 Petrucci et al ., 2005

coating 7, personal platinum 2.70 µ g/m 3

Coating of supports 5, personal 0.05 µ g/m 3

for catalytic converters 2, personal 0.68 µ g/m 3

Adsorption on the carrier

Recovery of PGMs from

exhausted catalytic converters

Refi nery and catalyst production

?, area 1.1 µ g/m 3 , max 3.4 µ g/m 3 Schierl et al ., 1998

34, personal 2.5 µ g/m 3 , max 7.5 µ g/m 3

Metal coating

Metal-coated electrodes 32 Respirable soluble Long-term sampling Maynard et al ., 1997

platinum 0.017 µ g/m 3 , max 0.079 µ g/m 3

Short-term sampling ,

<0.03 µ g/m 3 max 0.99 µ g/m 3

Metal-coated electrodes 6 Respirable soluble Short-term sampling Maynard et al ., 1997

paint mixing platinum 0.36 µ g/m 3 ,max 1.10 µ g/m 3

a PGM, Platinum group metals; TPC, Tetraammine platinum dichloride; Autocat, autocatalyst production.
b Median values taken from a logarithmic diagram.
c PM10, the average particle size below 10

µ m.