Use of a fiber-optics skin contamination monitor in the workplace

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5290624

Vo-Dinh, T.; Gammage, R. B.

This paper describes the luminoscope, a simple laboratory-constructed, portable luminescence detector designed specifically for monitoring occupational skin contamination. The instrument design is based upon a fiberoptics waveguide. The instrument is suitable for detecting trace amounts of various coal tars and has recently been field tested at a coal conversion facility.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5290624
• Report Number(s): CONF-800814-13
• Resource Relation: Conference: 180. American Chemical Society meeting/2. chemical congress of the North American Continent, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24 Aug 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PERSONNEL MONITORING
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
COAL LIQUIDS
COAL TAR
DESIGN
HAMSTERS
LUMINOSITY
MAN
MICE
MONITORING
SHALE OIL
SKIN
SOLVENT-REFINED COAL
SYNTHETIC FUELS INDUSTRY
TESTING
ANIMALS
BODY
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
MAMMALS
MINERAL OILS
OILS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PRIMATES
RADIATION MONITORING
RODENTS
SAFETY
SYNTHETIC FUELS
SYNTHETIC PETROLEUM
TAR
VERTEBRATES
016000* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Health & Safety
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