PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF OIL MIST IN THE WORKPLACE
- 1 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Occupational Hygiene
- Vol. 30 (3) , 349-363
- https://doi.org/10.1093/annhyg/30.3.349
Abstract
A method is described for determining the size distribution of oil mist droplets in the workplace. Sampling is carried out by a cascade impactor equipped with standard microscope slides as collecting stages; sizing of deposited droplets is done by optical microscopy, using MAY'S [ J. scient. Instrum . 22, 187–195(1945)] focal length method for taking into account droplet deformation on the slide. The procedure was validated in laboratory tests and size distributions were measured in field applications. Previous field investigations on oil mist size are reviewed. Granulometric distribution should be determined together with other oil mist parameters because of its industrial hygiene significance in evaluating the health risk of oil mist exposure.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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