Gas-sampling capability of vacutainers

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• Personal Author:
  Duerr, Wayne H. ; Ferber, Benjamin I. ; Freedman, Robert W.
• Corporate Authors:
  United States. Bureau of Mines
• Description:
  "Vacutainers are employed by the Bureau of Mines and the Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration for sampling mine air and other atmospheres containing fixed gases, low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons, and products of combustion. Tests were conducted to study shelf life of evacuated samplers prior to sampling and also to check the stability of sampled gases prior to analysis. An unexplained phenomenon, slow accumulation of carbon monoxide in evacuated samplers, occurred after a few weeks' storage
  
  levels were low but increased with time and could pose a problem for critical applications. Accordingly, attempts to halt CO release by additional means of treatment were made, and storage at low temperature was found to be effective." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  NIOSH no. 10000344
  
  
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10000344
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62759c1a2e23f7676356649d652444c42742031cb571c254f433102925e25f94d7f97d0e4bfedc8e0b75254dbe9cb4cbd220a7c43053ec363f12f841a58c3ae9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9266/cdc_9266_DS1.pdf
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