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K J Caplan

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PubMed1979

Experimental analysis of lead-in-air sources in lead-acid battery manufacture.

Plant-scale experimental sampling programs were carried out to determine the contribution to the lead-in-air exposure from (a) fork-truck transport of pasted plates in racks and (b) manual loading and unloading of plates from racks. Fork-truck transport was found not significant under "clean" conditions. Manual loading and unloading was found significant.

Air Pollutants, Occupational↗
PubMed1977

Performance characteristics of the 10 mm cyclone respirable mass sampler: part I--monodisperse studies.

The 10 mm cyclone respirable mass sampler was evaluated to determine the flow rate which best matched the BMRC and the LASL-ACGIH criteria and to determine effects of pulsating flow, particle charge, mass loading and sampler orientation. Part 1, this paper, describes the work with monodisperse aerosol. The best match for BMRC was 1.4 lpm; for LASL, 1.7 lpm. The two separate criteria should be merged. The 10 mm cyclone is two separate criteria should be merged. The 10 mm cyclone is better for sampling logistics than the BMRC horizontal elutriator.

Aerosols↗
PubMed1977

Performance characteristics of the 10 mm respirable mass sampler: Part II--coal dust studies.

The 10 mm cyclone respirable mass sampler was evaluated to determine the flow rate which best matched the BMRC and the LASL-ACGIH criteria, and to determine effects of pulsating flow, particle charge, mass loading, and sampler orientation. Part II, this paper, presents the work with coal dust. There is no significant difference between results obtained, for normal ranges of airborne dust concentration and size distribution, due to particle charge, sampler orientation or position (except upside down, which was not investigated), dust concentration, and ambient air velocity.

Air↗