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28 March 2024
 
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Mount St. Helens Ash from the 18 May 1980 Eruption: Chemical, Physical, Mineralogical, and Biological Properties
Jonathan S Fruchter ; David E Robertson ; John C Evans ; Khris B Olsen ; Elwood A Lepel ; Jagdish C Laul ; Keith H Abel ; Ronald W Sanders ; Peter O Jackson ; Ned S Wogman ; Richard W Perkins ; Harold H VAN Tuyl ; Raymond H Beauchamp ; John W Shade ; J Lel ; Daniel ; Robert L Erikson ; George A Sehmel ; Richard N Lee ; Alfred V Robinson ; Owen R Moss ; James K Briant ; William C Cannon ;
Date 5 Sep 1980
Journal Science, 209 (4461), 1116-1125
AbstractSamples of ash from the 18 May 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens were collected from several locations in eastern Washington and Montana. The ash was subjected to a variety of analyses to determine its chemical, physical, mineralogical, and biological characteristics. Chemically, the ash samples were of dacitic composition. Particle size data showed bimodal distributions and differed considerably with location. However, all samples contained comparable amounts of particles less than 3.5 micrometers in diameter (respirable fraction). Mineralogically, the samples ranged from almost totally glassy to almost totally crystalline. Crystalline samples were dominated by plagioclase feldspar (andesine) and orthopyroxene (hypersthene), with smaller amounts of titanomagnetite and hornblende. All but one of the samples contained from less than 1 percent to 3 percent free crystalline silica (quartz, trydimite, or cristobalite) in both the bulk samples and 1 to 2 percent in the fractions smaller than 3.5 micrometers. The long-lived natural radionuclide content of the ash was comparable to that of crustal material; however, relatively large concentrations of short-lived radon daughters were present and polonium-210 content was inversely correlated with particle size. In vitro biological tests showed the ash to be nontoxic to alveolar macrophages, which are an important part of the lungs’ natural clearance mechanism. On the basis of a substantial body of data that has shown a correlation between macrophage cytotoxicity and fibrogenicity of minerals, the ash is not predicted to be highly fibrogenic.
Source PubMed, pmid17841472 doi: 10.1126/science.209.4461.1116
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