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Table 1 Agglomerate carbon nanoparticle counts, median area, and maximum area

From: A comparison of dispersing media for various engineered carbon nanoparticles

Veh: FCS

median area (μm2)

max area (μm2)

Crude Fullerenes

.003

.878

C60CS (SES)

.003

.157

C60CS (BUSA)

.003

.076

SWNT (SES)

.003

.333

SWNT (CNI)

.006

5.915

MWNT (SES)

.005

2.851

MWNT (NanoLab)

.058

1.462

Veh: 7.5% BSA

median area (μm 2 )

max area (μm 2 )

Crude Fullerenes

.004

.478

C60CS (SES)

.024

2.813

C60CS (BUSA)

.001

.034

SWNT (SES)

.003

.378

SWNT (CNI)

.005

.181

MWNT (SES)

.002

.127

MWNT (NanoLab)

.004

2.344

Veh: RPMI + FCS

median area (μm 2 )

max area (μm 2 )

Crude Fullerenes

.004

2.45

C60CS (SES)

.004

.842

C60CS (BUSA)

.003

.208

SWNT (SES)

.002

.434

SWNT (CNI)

.005

16.689

MWNT (SES)

.002

.093

MWNT (NanoLab)

.014

3.825

Veh: FCS (delipid)

median area (μm 2 )

max area (μm 2 )

Crude Fullerenes

.004

2.739

C60CS (SES)

.127

14.031

C60CS (BUSA)

.004

.328

SWNT (SES)

.003

.133

SWNT (CNI)

.006

.704

MWNT (SES)

.002

.105

MWNT (NanoLab)

.003

.826

Veh: 1% Tween 80

median area (μm 2 )

max area (μm 2 )

Crude Fullerenes

.003

.995

C60CS (SES)

.002

2.379

C60CS (BUSA)

.003

.068

SWNT (SES)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

SWNT (CNI)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

MWNT (SES)

.002

.869

MWNT (NanoLab)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

Veh: PBS

median area (μm 2 )

max area (μm 2 )

Crude Fullerenes

.005

1.567

C60CS (SES)

.003

.615

C60CS (BUSA)

.003

.096

SWNT (SES)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

SWNT (CNI)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

MWNT (SES)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

MWNT (NanoLab)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

Veh: DMSO

median area (μm 2 )

max area (μm 2 )

Crude Fullerenes

.003

.849

C60CS (SES)

.008

12.333

C60CS (BUSA)

.005

3.90

SWNT (SES)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

SWNT (CNI)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

MWNT (SES)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates

MWNT (NanoLab)

Lg. agglomerates

Lg. agglomerates