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Minimum performance requirements and performance testing requirements are specified in this standard for instruments designed to measure radon progeny in air. Inasmuch as the health effects of exposure to radon progeny, and hence regulatory control, are quantified relative to the ultimate dose delivered by the complete decay of all the radon progeny in the monitored air, the principle measurand of interest is therefore the potential alpha energy concentration, expressed in units of either working level (WL) or joules m-3 given that primary measurements characterize activity. The needs of users, manufacturers, and regulators concerned with radon progeny measurements are addressed in this standard.

Radon --- Air sampling apparatus. --- Radioactivity --- Measurement. --- Instruments.

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Air sampling apparatus. --- Air --- Pollution --- Measurement.

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Air sampling apparatus. --- Abrasives. --- Metal cleaning --- Industrial safety --- Shipbuilding industry --- Employees --- Health and hygiene

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Particulate matter (PM)--dust, dirt, smoke, soot, and liquid droplets--comes from a variety of sources and is a mixture of many pollutants made up of several different chemical species. Recent evidence about health effects and the fundamental physical and chemical differences between fine and coarse PM prompted the EPA to set new standards. Monitoring to determine whether an area has met these standards requires a comprehensive approach that combines analytical techniques to assess mass and chemical composition with an integrated network of ambient and source PM monitors. However, chemical analysis of PM is costly and difficult, and existing technologies are not capable of continuous sampling and monitoring for chemical composition. Therefore, the next generation of PM monitors should be multifunctional instruments capable of continuous, real-time monitoring of both PM mass and chemical composition. In addition, they will need to address several barriers to their use, including cost, complicated calibration and verification systems, and cumbersome installation and maintenance procedures.

Air --- Particle size determination --- Air sampling apparatus --- Pollution --- Measurement. --- Instruments --- Technological innovations