A study on the relative breakthrough time (RBT) of a respirator cartridge for forty-six kinds of organic solvent vapors

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 691-695

  Tanaka, Shigeru ^a   Nakano, Yoko ^b   Tsunemori, Kazuo ^b   Shimada, Masahiro ^b   Seki, Yukio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sanko Chemical Ind Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breakthrough Test; Cyclohexane; Organic Solvent; Relative Breakthrough Time; Respirator Cartridge

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; HUMIDITY; INTOXICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATOR;

CYCLOHEXANES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POISONING; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0033452284     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104732299302314     Document Type: Article

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