Carbon Tetrachloride Replacement Compounds for Organic Vapor Air-Purifying Respirator Cartridge and Activated Carbon Testing – a Review

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• Personal Author:
  Moyer, Ernest S. ; Smith SJ ; Wood GO
• Description:
  This article reviews efforts by researchers and organizations around the world to identify chemicals as substitutes for carbon tetrachloride in measuring activated carbon activity (adsorption capacity) or organic vapor air-purifying respirator cartridge (or other packed carbon bed) breakthrough times. Such measurements usually are done to determine if a minimum performance standard is met. Different criteria have been established, supporting data developed and used, and conclusions reached. This article presents relevant published, unpublished, obscure, and recalculated data which the reader can use to make a choice of replacement chemical and testing conditions. No recommendations for a specific replacement chemical are endorsed or promoted in this review. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Occupational Health Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-purification Air-purifiers Air-purifying-respirators Author Keywords: Activated Carbon Carbon Tetrachloride Cartridges Organic-vapors Performance-capability Regulations Respirators Standards Substitution

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• ISSN:
  0002-8894
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Mexico ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  494-507
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20021816
• Citation:
  Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 2001 Jul/Aug; 62(4):494-507
• Contact Point Address:
  Gerry O. Wood, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Industrial Hygiene and Safety Group, ESH-5 Mail Stop K486, Los Alamos, NM 87545
• CAS Registry Number:
  Carbon tetrachloride (CAS RN 56-23-5)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• 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:de5693322c1bc581b95156379f27886c5437bd9fe6e7918c2c77b14bd4629b43c37d21405e10fea4805e1e656c67fd1ac738ca8ac24bccfe51bd581347b5067e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198918/cdc_198918_DS1.pdf
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