Toxic Organic Vapors in the Workplace

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Toxic Organic Vapors in the Workplace

Published:

October 13, 1993 by CRC Press - 224 Pages

Author(s):

Frank E. Jones, Retired, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Features

Presents a powerful chapter documenting the effects of ETS in the workplace, including the exposure of nonsmokers to ETS

Provides in-depth treatment of GC-MS-COMP (GC-MS combined with computers)

Covers both Tenax GC and Tenax TA

Provides testing protocols for respirator cartridges and canisters

Features a review of the experimental determination of binary diffusion coefficients for 147 different vapors

Includes a detailed review of gasoline exposure, including monitoring, sampling, standards, and analysis

Contains an extensive review of formaldehyde exposure, collection, and analysis

Discusses airborne chemical warfare agents

Summary

Toxic Organic Vapors in the Workplace provides a review of the recent literature covering various methods, devices, and materials used to sample, analyze, and measure toxic organic vapors in the workplace. The book features a powerful chapter on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in the workplace, in addition to a unique chapter on airborne chemical warfare agents. It is an indispensable reference for industrial hygienists and specialists in air pollution, occupational health and safety, air quality, respiratory protection, toxicology, environmental pollution, ecology, environmental protection, and laboratory and industrial ventilation.

Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Computer. Tenax. Sorbent Tubes. Respirator Cartridges and Canisters. Diffusion Samplers. Environmental Tobacco Smoke. Gasoline Vapor. Chemical Warfare Agents. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs). Formaldehyde. Index.