Dust sampling can be done with a filter, a sticky pad, or other techniques, and can help in assessing particulate air pollution (#pm or #dust) -- see https://publiclab.org/wiki/pm for more. This is also a helpful prerequisite step for viewing particulate pollution through a microscope, if it's big enough to be seen! https://publiclab.org/wiki/microscopes ## Questions Please help build out this resource by asking questions here: [questions:dust-sampling] **** ## Activities [activities:dust-sampling] > We would **love** to see guides to collecting dust for analysis. If you know of a technique, or an online or print resource for this, please share it as an activity above! ...
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| stevie | "This post walks through collecting a sample, and some examples. They also reference this resource for collecting dust samples: http://www.funsci.co..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| warren | "@DavidMack posted on sticky pads a while back on the #particle-sensing page: Essentially tape, sticky pads have the advantage of capturing a recor..." | Read more » | about 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "One idea from @dswenson that came from the open call yesterday was to use materials like sticky yellow flytraps like these " | Read more » | over 6 years ago | |||
| stevie | "When we were in WI @gretchengehrke, @mathew, and I were visiting some friends and we took a sample from a window at their house. The house window w..." | Read more » | over 6 years ago |