Estimating service lives of organic vapor cartridges II: A single vapor at all humidities

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 472-492

  Wood, Gerry O ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartridge; Humidity; Organic vapor; Respirator; Service life

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ADSORPTION; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENTILATOR; WATER VAPOR;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMIDITY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERMEABILITY; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 3142554129     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620490467792     Document Type: Review

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