Breakthrough times for vapors of organic solvents with low boiling points in steady-state and pulsating flows on respirator cartridges

Industrial Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Tanaka, Shigeru ^a   Haneda, Miki ^b   Tanaka, Masami ^b   Kimura, Kazushi ^b   Seki, Yukio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Koken Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breakthrough time; Breathing machine; Organic solvent; Pulsating flow; Respirator cartridge; Steady state flow

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ACETONE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHYL ACETATE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; PULSATILE FLOW; STEADY STATE; VAPOR; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0029993741     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.34.125     Document Type: Article

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