Workplace exposure. Guide for the use of direct-reading instruments for aerosol monitoring Evaluation of airborne particle concentrations using photometers

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30-11-2012

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British Standards Institution

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Operating Principle
3 Instrument types
4 Calibration
5 Choice of aerosol monitor
6 Procedure for making aerosol measurements using
  photometers
7 Limitations of use and sources of error
8 Cleaning and maintenance
Annex A (informative) - Influence of physical parameters
        of aerosol particles and their polydispersity
        on photometer measurement
Annex B (informative) - Currently available photometers
Bibliography

Defines the use of photometers for the determination of airborne particles belonging to the respirable fraction and gives details on their limitations and possible uses in the field of occupational hygiene.

This Technical Report describes the use of photometers for the determination of airborne particles belonging to the respirable fraction and gives details on their limitations and possible uses in the field of occupational hygiene.

NOTE Photometers can also be used to detect other size fractions of airborne particles after aerodynamic preseparation, but these are not the focus of this Technical Report.

The method complements existing conventional long-term aerosol particle sampling and can be used for:

instantaneous (direct-reading) measurement,
time-related monitoring,
investigation of space-related aerosol evolution (mapping), and
exposure visualization.

The method enables e.g.:

detection and relative quantification of concentration peaks due to specific operations (bagging, sanding, etc.);
identification of most exposed workers with a view to more detailed studies of risks and prevention measures to be applied; and
detection of dust emission sources and their relative magnitudes.

Committee	EH/2/2
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	30
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
CEN/TR 16013-3:2012	Identical

EN 60079-0:2012/A11:2013	EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES - PART 0: EQUIPMENT - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS (IEC 60079-0:2011, MODIFIED)
EN 481:1993	Workplace atmospheres - Size fraction definitions for measurement of airborne particles
EN 60079-11:2012	Explosive atmospheres - Part 11: Equipment protection by intrinsic safety "i"
EN 13205:2001	Workplace atmospheres - Assessment of performance of instruments for measurement of airborne particle concentrations
ISO 12103-1:2016	Road vehicles — Test contaminants for filter evaluation — Part 1: Arizona test dust

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PD CEN/TR 16013-3:2012

Workplace exposure. Guide for the use of direct-reading instruments for aerosol monitoring Evaluation of airborne particle concentrations using photometers

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