1. Edition - March 2007
129.- Euro
2007. 636 Pages, Hardcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 0-470-02725-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-02725-7 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
This book provides a comprehensive account of the important field of aerosol sampling as it is applied to the measurement of aerosols that are ubiquitous in occupational and living environments, both indoor and outdoor. It is written in four parts: Part A (9 chapters) describes the current knowledge of the physical science that underpins the process of aerosol sampling. Part B (4 chapters) presents the basis of standards for aerosols, including the link with human exposure by inhalation. Part C contains 7 chapters that cover the development of practical aerosol sampling instrumentation, and how technical designs and methods have evolved over the years in order that aerosol sampling may be carried out in a manner matching the health-related and other criteria that have been proposed as parts of standards. Finally Part D contains 6 chapters that describe how a wide range of aerosol sampling instruments have performed when they have been applied in the field in both occupational and ambient atmospheric environments, including how different instruments, nominally intended to measure the same aerosol fraction, compare when used side-by-side in the real world. The book draws together all that is known about aerosol sampling, for the benefit of researchers and practitioners in occupational and environmental health and all other fields of science and engineering where aerosols are of interest.

From the contents
Part A: SCIENTIFIC FRAMEWORK FOR AEROSOL SAMPLING.

Chapter 1: Introduction.

Chapter 2: Fluid and aerosol mechanical background.

Chapter 3: Experimental methods in aerosol sampler studies.

Chapter 4: The nature of air flow near aerosol samplers.

Chapter 5: Aspiration in moving air.

Chapter 6: Aspiration in calm and slowly-moving air.

Chapter 7: Interferences to aerosol aspiration.

Chapter 8: Mechanisms for aerosol particle size selection after aspiration.

Part B: STANDARDS FOR AEROSOLS.

Chapter 9: Framework for aerosol sampling in working and ambient environments.

Chapter 10: Particle size-selective criteria for coarse aerosol fractions.

Chapter 11: Particle size-selective criteria for fine aerosol fractions.

Chapter 12: Limit values.

Part C: AEROSOL SAMPLING INSTRUMENTATION AND APPLICATIONS.

Chapter 13: Historical milestones in practical aerosol sampling.

Chapter 14: Sampling for coarse aerosol in workplaces.

Chapter 15: Sampling for fine aerosol fractions in workplaces.

Chapter 16: Sampling probes for stack sampling.

Chapter 17: Sampling for aerosols in the ambient atmosphere.

Chapter 18: Sampling for the determination of particle size distribution.

Chapter 19: Sampling for bioaerosols.

Chapter 20: Direct reading aerosol sampling instruments.

PART D: AEROSOL SAMPLER APPLICATIONS AND FIELD STUDIES.

Chapter 21: Pumps and paraphernalia.

Chapter 22: Field studies of aerosol samplers in workplaces.

Chapter 23: Field studies of aerosol samplers in the ambient atmosphere.