Exhalation Valve Leakage Test

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• Personal Author:
  McGinnis NJ
• Description:
  A certification test procedure is described for measuring exhalation valve leakage on respirators. The equipment and method are described by which dry exhalation valves and valve seats are subjected to a suction of 25 millimeters of water. Leakage is measured with a bubble meter and must not exceed 30 milliliters per minute. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Respiratory Protective Devices Safety
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Author; Morgantown-Technical-Report; Testing; Testing-equipment; Measurement; Respiratory-protective-equipment; Facepieces; Leakage-prevention; Safety-equipment; Personal-protective-equipment
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00054469
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-252692
• Citation:
  NIOSH 1976 Feb; :1-24
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Testing and Certification Branch, Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH, Morgantown, West Virginia, Report No. TC-R-005, 24 pages, 2 references
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cf46d6613ebdfa0dadfb4d3e9e4b82d7f570a847e6d9578aee90597e606e851216e17b0f7ac9e08994539ace04ce5ae4ed2f6be5fbd2a3909fc6123ffadbd05d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234041/cdc_234041_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 461.01 KB ]