Research Article

Assessment of Pulmonary Fibrogenic Potential of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes in Human Lung Cells

Table 1

Size distribution analysis of agglomerates of ND & SD-MWNCT. The values in Table 1 are mean values computed by adding up a collection of numbers and dividing by their count (300 fibre particles were measured in each group).

Length (Mean ± S.D.)Width (mean ± S.D.)

Nondispersed MWCNT agglomerate structures 1 5 . 2 ± 1 . 0 μm 7 . 7 ± 1 . 3 μm
Survanta-dispersed MWCNT agglomerate structures 4 . 9 ± 0 . 5 4 μm 0 . 0 8 2 ± 0 . 0 0 2 μm