Study on detection technique of Asbestos in Brake Pads

Hongwei Wang, Defu Xia, Weizhe Zhao, Jun Liu, Yusong Zhu, Bin Hu, Hongwei Su

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Abstract

Asbestos is highly fire-resistant, and electrically and thermally insulating, and it is a type of important industrial material. At the same time, however, this type of substance is proven to be highly dangerously carcinogenic. Asbestos fiber is harmful to human health, and it is important to test the asbestos in products. There is no applicable specification available in our country for the method of determining the asbestos in Brake Pads. In this paper, one method of using a polarizing microscope with a X-ray diffraction is used to identify the asbestos. Firstly, the characteristic features of the specimen was obtained under a polarizing microscope, if any fibrous particle exists, further test will be made with the help of a X-ray diffraction. If the fiber under observation has asbestos diffraction peak, it will be initially determined that the fiber under observation is the asbestos fiber. Otherwise, it will be determined that the fiber under observation is not asbestos fiber particles, and no asbestos has been found in the specimens. The other method of using a scanning electron microscope with a X-ray diffractometer is used to identify the asbestos in automotive brake pads, and this method is simple, fast, reliable and suitable to be widely applied. And the result shows that this method of testing for asbestos in brake pads through polarizing microscope and X-ray diffraction or a scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffractometer are simple, reliable and suitable to be widely applied.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 5th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robotics Engineering, CACRE 2020
EditorsFumin Zhang, Lu Liu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages749-752
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728198880
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2020
Event5th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robotics Engineering, CACRE 2020 - Dalian, China
Duration: 19 Sep 202020 Sep 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 5th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robotics Engineering, CACRE 2020

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Automation, Control and Robotics Engineering, CACRE 2020
Country/TerritoryChina
CityDalian
Period19/09/2020/09/20

Keywords

  • X-ray diffraction
  • asbestos
  • brake pads
  • scanning electron microscope

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