• PREN 16966 : DRAFT 2016

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    WORKPLACE EXPOSURE - METRICS TO BE USED FOR THE MEASUREMENTS OF EXPOSURE TO INHALED NANOPARTICLES (NANO-OBJECTS AND NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS) SUCH AS MASS CONCENTRATION, NUMBER CONCENTRATION AND SURFACE AREA CONCENTRATION

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    Published date:  15-02-2016

    Publisher:  Comite Europeen de Normalisation

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    European Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 Symbols and abbreviations
    5 Relevance of ISO definition for assessing
      health impacts of airborne NOAAs
    6 Particle metrics and their selection
    7 Exposure assessment strategy based on WI 00137053
    8 Determination of exposure
    Annex A (informative) - Source domains of
            workplace exposure scenarios for
            engineered/manufactured NOAAs
    Annex B (informative) - Evolution of available instrumental
            technology since publications of ISO/TR 27628
            and ISO/TR 12885
    Annex C (informative) - Monitors for measuring the NOAA
            ensemble number metric
    Annex D (informative) - Monitors for measuring the NOAA
            ensemble surface area metric
    Annex E (informative) - Samplers for determining the
            NOAA mass (chemical element) metric by
            off-line analysis
    Annex F (informative) - Monitors for measuring the
            size-resolved NOAA number metric (number
            -weighted electric mobility equivalent diameter
            distribution)
    Annex G (informative) - Samplers for determining the
            size-resolved NOAA mass metric (mass-weighted
            diffusion equivalent diameter distribution) by
            off-line analysis
    Annex H (informative) - Samplers for determining the
            size-resolved NOAA mass (chemical
            element/compound) metric (mass-weighted
            aerodynamic equivalent diameter distribution)
            by off-line analysis
    Annex I (informative) - Monitors for determining the
            size-resolved NOAA number metric
            (number-weighted aerodynamic equivalent
            diameter distribution)
    Annex J (informative) - Number-weighted smallest
            Feret diameter distribution of primary particles
            of aggregates and constituent parts of aggregates
    Bibliography

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    Gives a guideline on the implications of choice of particle metric to express the exposure to airborne NOAAs e.g. released from nanomaterials and present the principles of operation, advantages and disadvantages of various techniques that measure the different aerosol metrics.

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    Comment Closes On
    Committee TC 137
    Document Type Draft
    Publisher Comite Europeen de Normalisation
    Status Current

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 7708:1995 Air quality — Particle size fraction definitions for health-related sampling
    EN ISO 28439:2011 Workplace atmospheres - Characterization of ultrafine aerosols/nanoaerosols - Determination of the size distribution and number concentration using differential electrical mobility analysing systems (ISO 28439:2011)
    EN 481:1993 Workplace atmospheres - Size fraction definitions for measurement of airborne particles
    ISO 26824:2013 Particle characterization of particulate systems — Vocabulary
    ISO/TS 27687:2008 Nanotechnologies Terminology and definitions for nano-objects Nanoparticle, nanofibre and nanoplate
    ISO/TR 945-2:2011 Microstructure of cast irons Part 2: Graphite classification by image analysis
    ISO 28439:2011 Workplace atmospheres Characterization of ultrafine aerosols/nanoaerosols Determination of the size distribution and number concentration using differential electrical mobility analysing systems
    ISO 16972:2010 Respiratory protective devices Terms, definitions, graphical symbols and units of measurement
    ISO 13138:2012 Air quality — Sampling conventions for airborne particle deposition in the human respiratory system
    ISO/TR 27628:2007 Workplace atmospheres Ultrafine, nanoparticle and nano-structured aerosols Inhalation exposure characterization and assessment
    ISO/TS 80004-1:2015 Nanotechnologies — Vocabulary — Part 1: Core terms
    EN ISO 13138:2012 Air quality - Sampling conventions for airborne particle deposition in the human respiratory system (ISO 13138:2012)
    EN 1540:2011 Workplace exposure - Terminology
    ISO 9277:2010 Determination of the specific surface area of solids by gas adsorption — BET method
    ISO 27891:2015 Aerosol particle number concentration — Calibration of condensation particle counters
    ISO 15900:2009 Determination of particle size distribution Differential electrical mobility analysis for aerosol particles
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