Measurement of protection factors of chemical cartridge, half-mask respirators under working conditions in a copper smelter.

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• Personal Author:
  Moore DE ; Smith, Thomas J.
• Description:
  The performance of three commonly used chemical cartridge respirators for sulfur-dioxide (7446095) was measured under working conditions in a copper smelter. An effective sulfur-dioxide protection factor for each man-respirator trial was calculated as the ratio between average sulfur-dioxide concentrations sampled outside the respirator mask and that simultaneously sampled from inside the mask. The in use sulfur-dioxide protection afforded by the three respirators proved to be highly variable with mean protection factors of 22, 18, and 13. The distributions of the protection factors and the effects of mask type, facial size, and mask comfort are discussed. (Contract No. 099-74-0005) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Metals Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety Sulfur Compounds
• Keywords:
  Air-contaminants Air-quality-measurement Air-sampling Contract-099-74-0005 Inorganic-gases NIOSH-Contract NIOSH-Publication Personal-protective-equipment Primary-metallurgical-processes Respiratory-protective-equipment Safety-equipment Sulfur-oxides Toxic-gases

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• ISSN:
  0002-8894
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  453-458
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00059424
• Citation:
  Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1976 Aug; 37(8):453-458
• CAS Registry Number:
  Sulfur dioxide (CAS RN 7446-09-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:13403e79e25124c8db46f8b3c78682952298e0b18632f6d3ad42ca3cac70e5a1871c470818a7422ad8985a6af491d25ccbe8e3cf80dbb9d1bc56a57e20255439
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184125/cdc_184125_DS1.pdf
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