Abstract
Silica gel is commonly used by industrial hygienists to collect gases and vapors in the work place, in particular air contaminants with high polarity. The collected air pollutants are then treated and analyzed to identify their type and to determine the concentration using various methods and instrumentations. In addition to collection of gaseous pollutants, the silica gel tubes are also used for acid mist collection according to the listed official analytical methods (e.g., NIOSH method 7903 and OSHA method ID-165SG). However, the filtration characteristics of silica gel tubes have not been thoroughly investigated. A constant output aerosol generator and an ultrasonic atomizing nozzle were used to generate submicrometer-sized and micrometer-sized aerosol particles, respectively. A scanning mobility particle sizer and an aerodynamic particle sizer were used to measure particles smaller and larger than 0.6 w m, respectively. Potassium sodium tartrate and dioctylphthalate were used as the solid and liquid t...
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