Discussion on: ‘A full shift true breathing zone air sampler and its application to lead workers’. Paper by Allen J, Bellinger EG, Higgins RII.
A completely head-mounted full shift dust sampler for monitoring the lead-in-air concentration in a lead worker’s actual breathing zone is described. A small filter head is positioned within 5 cm of the mouth and nose on an adjustable stalk. Air is drawn through a 1.25 cm diameter glass fibre filter at a rate of 0.51/min by a small rotary vane pump.
Initial comparisons with a conventional lapel-mounted UKAEA head powered by a Casella pump show that the average lead-in air concentration in the true breathing zone can be significantly different from that around the lapel.
Publication Number: P/82/11
First Author: Mark D
Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing,1 Birdcage Walk London SW1H 9JJ UK ,London
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