¿Puede el air-Q medir el amianto?
Asbestos consists of fibrous silicate minerals with a fiber diameter of two micrometers or more. It has the property of breaking down longitudinally into increasingly smaller fibers when it fractures. Because of its low mass, asbestos is carried through the air and can be inhaled.
The air-Q’s fine-particle sensor can partially detect asbestos as a fine particle, since the sensor can detect particles 1 µm and larger. However, asbestos cannot be distinguished from “normal” fine particles. For this reason, the extremely carcinogenic danger posed by asbestos can only be partially reflected. A high level of fine particles is always bad. Unfortunately, the air-Q cannot determine whether the particles are asbestos.