Direct-reading gas and vapor instruments

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• Personal Author:
  McCammon, Charles S. ; Woebkenberg, Mary L.
• Description:
  Many instruments are available for direct-reading analysis of gases and vapors. They operate on a variety of principles of detection and vary in performance characteristics such as linear range, specificity, and limits of detection. Direct-reading instruments represent a powerful tool in developing sampling strategies. That is, direct-reading instruments, when correctly used, can determine, in real or near-real time, those areas of high concentration, those workers at highest risk, and those processes with the highest emissions. Such information is useful in solving a variety of gas and vapor exposure problems. This information can guide the hygienist or safety professional in obtaining other more informative and useful samples requiring laboratory analyses. Used properly, direct-reading instruments can conserve resources, eliminating samples with results of "none detected." [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Pollutants, Occupational Air Pollution, Indoor Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Solvents
• Keywords:
  Aerosol-particles Aerosol-sampling Air-contamination Air-monitoring Air-quality-monitoring Airborne-dusts Airborne-particles Gases Monitoring-systems Monitors Sampling-equipment Sampling-methods Vapors

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• Publisher:
  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DPSE - Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  439-510
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049059
• Citation:
  Air sampling instruments for evaluation of atmospheric contaminants, 8th edition. Cohen BS, Hering SV, eds. Cincinnati, OH: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), 1995 Jun; :439-510
• Editor(s):
  Cohen BS; Hering SV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Air sampling instruments for evaluation of atmospheric contaminants, 8th edition
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c9c3821ee3f9141a0ee69cdadb8b5ed7eea55cf142bd1c77d39ebb10c55c5184271331f02a97c6a5c3e668d1df37140dc1a0a5df98d845d66fd5402a7d8769c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203638/cdc_203638_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.65 MB ]