Direct-reading instruments for aerosols. A review

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• Personal Author:
  Baron, Paul A.
• Description:
  The use of direct reading aerosol instruments in industrial hygiene was considered. Commercially available portable instruments and aerosol research instruments were discussed. These included light scattering instruments, piezoelectric microbalance, condensation nucleus counters, oscillation microbalance, beta radiation attenuation monitors, aerodynamic particle sizers, and fibrous aerosol monitors. The recommendations arising from a recent workshop were discussed. The recommendations dealt with the development of a voluntary consensus standard on specifications, calibration and operation of direct reading aerosol instruments; the need for an accurate, portable, direct reading aerosol mass monitor; the providing of additional education and promotion in the industrial hygiene community to more fully use the capabilities of direct reading aerosol instrumentation; and the recommendation that manufacturers follow quality assurance guidelines in the manufacture of their instruments. Sampling efficiency and bias for direct reading instrumentation were discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Aerosol-particles Aerosol-sampling Aerosols Air-quality-monitoring Airborne-particles Author Keywords: Direct-reading Instruments Fibrous-dusts Industrial-hygiene NIOSH-Author Workplace-monitoring
• ISSN:
  0003-2654
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• 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:
  35-40
• Volume:
  119
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00219652
• Citation:
  Analyst 1994 Jan; 119(1):35-40
• Contact Point Address:
  P.A. Baron, US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Analyst
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:291965b153f765a27c996074da5bc23c5f2331526dc5b41c5b9d5508edb5b3d445add50a995b68a00dfc6d219f811347f932386f29c271b74e132276fc6cb4d9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204500/cdc_204500_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.19 MB ]