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. 2015 Jun 1;2015:237140. doi: 10.1155/2015/237140

Table 2.

TSP mass concentrations (8 hr TWA) in personal and area samples from workplace A.

Process Sampling
site
Sampling day Filter weight (Before) Filter weight (After) Flow rate (L/min) Sampling time (min) Mass concentration (mg/m3) 8 hr TWA (mg/m3)
MWCNT synthesis Personal-1 1st 0.04524 0.04535 2.001 308 0.17848 0.11453
2nd 0.04469 0.04493 1.972 375 0.32454 0.25355
3rd 0.03856 0.03867 1.972 370 0.15076 0.11621

SWCNT synthesis Personal-2 1st 0.04503 0.04506 1.995 244 0.06163 0.03133

ARC Catalyst Personal-3 1st 0.04496 0.04501 2.046 317 0.07709 0.05091
2nd 0.0447 0.04482 1.985 336 0.17992 0.12594
3rd 0.03905 0.0392 1.985 359 0.34831 0.25189
Personal-4 2nd 0.04468 0.04479 2.042 356 0.15132 0.11223
3rd 0.03895 0.03899 2.042 163 0.12018 0.04081

CVD Catalyst Area-1 1st 0.04482 0.04493 2.020 293 0.18585 0.11345
2nd 0.03861 0.03865 2.001 370 0.05403 0.04165
3rd 0.03873 0.03877 1.950 317 0.06471 0.04274
Area-2 1st 0.04478 0.04492 7.027 284 0.07016 0.04151
2nd 0.0449 0.04508 6.773 370 0.07183 0.05537
3rd 0.03879 0.03886 6.773 87.2 0.11852 0.02153
Area-9 2nd 0.03894 0.03903 2.010 438 0.10223 0.09328
3rd 0.03883 0.039 2.026 375 0.22376 0.17481

ARC Catalyst Area-3 1st 0.04473 0.04484 1.953 172 0.32746 0.11734
2nd 0.04493 0.04507 1.960 380 0.32109 0.24447
3rd 0.03852 0.03859 2.001 370 0.09455 0.07288
Area-4 1st 0.04513 0.04524 6.833 292 0.05513 0.03354
2nd 0.0447 0.04486 7.033 249 0.09137 0.04740
3rd 0.03893 0.03898 7.010 367 0.01944 0.01486

In front of
MWCNT equip.
Area-5 1st 0.04513 0.04519 2.007 298 0.10035 0.06230
2nd 0.04454 0.04465 2.026 212 0.25610 0.11311
3rd 0.03901 0.03903 1.960 364 0.02803 0.02126
Area-6 1st 0.0444 0.04456 6.848 298 0.07841 0.04868
2nd 0.0448 0.04497 7.088 318 0.07542 0.04997
3rd 0.03868 0.03873 7.033 132 0.05386 0.01481

In front of
SWCNT equip.
Area-7 1st 0.04468 0.04481 2.018 159 0.40516 0.13421
2nd 0.03864 0.03866 1.950 363 0.02825 0.02137
3rd 0.03867 0.0373 2.010 131 ND ND
Area-8 1st 0.04464 0.04484 7.328 265 0.10299 0.05686
2nd 0.04452 0.04475 7.010 365 0.08989 0.06835

ND: Not detected; changed during the sampling period to avoid overload.