Term: dust collector https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01868 Definition: A device for monitoring dust emissions. Also the equipment used to remove and collect dust from process exhaust gases; this may employ simply sedimentation (dustfall jars, coated slides, papers, etc.), inertial separation (cyclones, impactors, impingers, etc.), precipitation (thermal and electrostatic) or filtration. Related Terms: 1) monitoring (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.MT06831). 2) sedimentation (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05534). 3) precipitation (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04795). 4) filtration (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.F02388). Source: PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. 'Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)' on page 2185 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199062112167) Citation: 'dust collector' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01868 License: The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. Disclaimer: The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.