Beryllium Sampling Methods

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• Personal Author:
  Donaldson, Harry M. ; Stringer, William T.
• Description:
  A comparison was made of three methods used to determine airborne beryllium (7440417) concentrations. A NIOSH contractor sampled its beryllium production facility by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), personal total, and personal respirable sampling methods over a period of 1 year. All samples were analyzed by atomic absorption spectroscopy. No reliable conversion was observed to exist between results obtained from the three methods on a single sample basis. However, it did appear that for large numbers of samples taken under the same sampling conditions, when the concentration was 2 micrograms per cubic meter (microg/m3) beryllium, as determined by the AEC sampling method, then the value as determined by the personal respirable sampling method was approximately 1microg/m3 beryllium and the value as determined by the personal total sampling method was approximately 3microg/m3 beryllium. The authors caution, however, that the large variability involved in these data could make prediction based on single samples or a small number of samples highly misleading. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-monitoring Air-sampling-equipment Analytical-methods Chemical-analysis Field-Study IWS-37-05 NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Survey Sampling-equipment Sampling-methods Workplace-studies

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• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-26
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00197228
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-266581
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-201, 1976 Jul; :1-26
• CAS Registry Number:
  Beryllium (CAS RN 7440-41-7)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eee7dc6cdf54492215162c929469a63c662ba2c316f6e14808eb04576be55a0c9554be39d86b233c0396ceaccb206d92e5ae777129761b62199f8f3a336c4d7a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209607/cdc_209607_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 599.29 KB ]