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Title: Skin contamination survey at a coal gasifier using a luminescence detector

Abstract

Skin contamination of workers in synfuel industries may be directly detected using induced fluorescence. The method uses a luminoscope, a portable luminescence detector based upon a fiberoptics lightguide. The lightguide transmits long-wavelength ultraviolet excitation radiation to the skin area being monitored at an intensity 1/100th of the radiant flux of sunlight and conveys the induced fluorescence emission from the contaminant to the detector. The instrument is suitable for detecting trace amounts of various coal tars at the ..mu..g/cm/sup 2/ levels. Coal distillate and recycle solvents from liquefaction processes can be detected at a few nl/cm/sup 2/ levels. The results of a recent field test at a coal conversion facility are reported.

Authors:
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Health and Environmental Research
OSTI Identifier:
5296368
Report Number(s):
CONF-800602-5
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on instrumentation and control for fossil energy processes, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, 9 Jun 1980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; COAL LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; COAL TAR; SKIN; CONTAMINATION; COAL GASIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; PERSONNEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SYNTHETIC FUELS INDUSTRY; AROMATICS; BODY; GASIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TAR; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; 560306* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Man- (-1987); 016000 - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Health & Safety

Citation Formats

Vo-Dinh, T., and Gammage, R. B. Skin contamination survey at a coal gasifier using a luminescence detector. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Vo-Dinh, T., & Gammage, R. B. Skin contamination survey at a coal gasifier using a luminescence detector. United States.
Vo-Dinh, T., and Gammage, R. B. 1980. "Skin contamination survey at a coal gasifier using a luminescence detector". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5296368.
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title = {Skin contamination survey at a coal gasifier using a luminescence detector},
author = {Vo-Dinh, T. and Gammage, R. B.},
abstractNote = {Skin contamination of workers in synfuel industries may be directly detected using induced fluorescence. The method uses a luminoscope, a portable luminescence detector based upon a fiberoptics lightguide. The lightguide transmits long-wavelength ultraviolet excitation radiation to the skin area being monitored at an intensity 1/100th of the radiant flux of sunlight and conveys the induced fluorescence emission from the contaminant to the detector. The instrument is suitable for detecting trace amounts of various coal tars at the ..mu..g/cm/sup 2/ levels. Coal distillate and recycle solvents from liquefaction processes can be detected at a few nl/cm/sup 2/ levels. The results of a recent field test at a coal conversion facility are reported.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5296368}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980}
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