Effect of temperature on the breakthrough of a charcoal tube during vinyl chloride monomer sampling

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 405-409

  Roh, Jaehoon ^a   Park, Yun Jung ^a   Kim, Chy Nyun ^a   Lim, Nam Gu ^a   Lee, Sang Hoe ^a   Song, Jae Suk ^a   Won, Jong Uk ^a   Talaska, Glenn ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon molecular sieve tube; Coconut shell charcoal tube; NIOSH method; OSHA method; Temperature; Vinyl chloride monomer

Indexed keywords

VINYL CHLORIDE;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 17544377755     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298660008984551     Document Type: Article

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