WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES - SIZE FRACTION DEFINITIONS FOR MEASUREMENT OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES

Published date

01-12-2013

Publisher

Cooperating organizations
National foreword
Foreword
Method
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Principle of conventions
4 Assumptions and approximations
5 Specifications for conventions
Annexes
A (informative) Nomenclature of inhalable and
    respirable fractions in English
B (informative) Numerical approximations to cumulative
    log-normal distributions
C (informative) Bibliography
Table
1 Numerical values of the conventions, as percentages
    of the inhalable convention or of total airborne
    particles
Figure
1 The inhalable, thoracic and respirable conventions
    as percentages of total airborne particles
National annex
NA (informative) Committees responsible

ALSO NUMBERED AS BS 6069: SECTION 3.5: 1993. Defines sampling conventions for particle size fractions which are to be used in assessing the possible health effects resulting from inhalation of airborne particles. Includes detailed definitions and annexes.

DevelopmentNote	INDICE DE CLASSEMENT: X43276
DocumentType	Standard
PublisherName	Association Francaise de Normalisation
Status	Current

Standards	Relationship
EN 481:1993	Identical
BS EN 481:1993	Identical
DIN EN 481:1993-09	Identical
UNI EN 481 : 1994	Identical
UNE-EN 481:1995	Identical

FD CEN/TR 15230 : 2005 FD	WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES - GUIDANCE FOR SAMPLING OF INHALABLE, THORACIC AND RESPIRABLE AEROSOLS FRACTIONS
NF EN 60761-2 : 2005	EQUIPMENT FOR CONTINUOUS MONITORING RADIOACTIVITY IN GASEOUS EFFLUENTS - PART 2: SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR AEROSOLS MONITORS INCLUDING TRANSURANIC AEROSOLS
NFX 43 262 : 2012	AIR QUALITY - WORKPLACE AIR - SOLID AEROSOL SAMPLING WITH A ROTATING DISH (ALVEOLAR, THORACIC AND INHALABLE FRACTIONS)
NF EN 14031 : 2003	WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERES - DETERMINATION OF AIRBORNE ENDOTOXINS
NF EN 13098 : 2000	WORKPLACE ATMOSPHERE - GUIDELINES FOR MEASUREMENT OF AIRBORNE MICRO-ORGANISMS AND ENDOTOXIN
NFX 43 257 : 2016	AIR QUALITY - WORKPLACE AIR - SAMPLING OF AN AEROSOL USING A CLOSED-FACE CARTRIDGE (4 MM OPENING)