Sampling reactive materials.

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• Personal Author:
  Kennedy, Eugene R.
• Description:
  Examples were provided of a wide range of techniques for the sampling and analysis of reactive materials, or materials which can undergo further reaction either with themselves or with another material or compound under environmentally mediated conditions. Specific topics included in this review were impinger sampling, specialized storage techniques, reagent coated sorbents, and direct reading instruments. The integrity of the reactive material under study has been protected by specialized storage techniques such as the use of inert sorbents, storage at low temperatures or in the dark, and the application of stabilizer coatings on sorbents. A sorbent could be designed for a particular reactive compound. The development of portable, direct reading instruments rendered it possible to conduct analyses of reactive materials where they exist in the workplace. Advantages of these newer methods included better sample stability, increased sampling and analytical sensitivity, increased analyte specificity, ease of sampling, reduced need to handle toxic or carcinogenic compounds, better precision and accuracy, and simultaneous analysis of multiple compounds. Disadvantages included the need for more highly skilled analysts, the higher cost of specialized reagents, sorbents and analysis techniques, longer analysis times, more labor intensive sample preparation, and the lack of commercially prepared sampling devices. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Chemistry Chemistry, Analytic Chromatography Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Chemical-analysis; Analytical-chemistry; Analytical-methods; Air-sampling; Sampling-equipment; Air-sampling-equipment; Air-sampling-techniques; Chromatographic-analysis; Sample-preparation;
• ISBN:
  9780873711159
• Publisher:
  Lewis Publishers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Michigan ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• 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:
  175-188
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00190453
• Citation:
  Advances in air sampling. ACGIH Air Sampling Procedures Committee, eds. Chelsea, MI: Lewis Publishers, 1988 Jun; :175-188
• Editor(s):
  ACGIH Air Sampling Procedures Committee
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1988
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Advances in air sampling
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/242874/cdc_242874_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]