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A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR EVALUATING RESPIRATOR PERFORMANCE

Journal Article · · American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal (U.S.) Formerly Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. Q.
OSTI ID:4814006
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Evaluation of respirators used for protection against dusts, fumes, and mists significantly more toxic than lead, can be conducted utilizing a uranine aerosol with a geometric mean size of 0.20 micron. The uranine aerosol is introduced into an exposure helmet chamber which permits ' exposure of the subject wearing the respirator to concentrations of below 4 mg/m/sup 3/. The aerosol is collected continuously outside the respirator and during inhalation in the respirator void with membrane filters. Uranine analysis by fluorescence permits evaluation of respirator penetration as low as 0.05% in a fifteen minute study with an exposure concentration of 3 mg/m/sup 3/. (auth)
Research Organization:
Harvard Univ., Boston
NSA Number:
NSA-16-005613
OSTI ID:
4814006
Journal Information:
American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal (U.S.) Formerly Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. Q., Journal Name: American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal (U.S.) Formerly Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. Q. Vol. Vol: 22; ISSN AIHAA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

AEROSOLS
AIR
DECONTAMINATION
DISPERSIONS
DUSTS
FILTERS
FLUORESCENCE
GRAIN SIZE
HEALTH AND SAFETY
LEAD
MEMBRANES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
QUANTITY RATIO
RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT
SAFETY
SODIUM COMPOUNDS
TOXICITY