TABLE IV.
Indium Air Concentrations at a Company Manufacturing Inorganic Indium Compounds
Type | Job/Task or Area | Data Source | Year | Indium Source | Dur. (min) | Air Vol. (L) | Mass (μg) | Air Conc. (mg/m3) | RL (μg) |
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COMPANY 6 | |||||||||
Metal Alloy Production | |||||||||
P | Technician | NIOSH | 2011 | In metal alloys | 382 | 1146 | 3.8 | 0.0033 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | NIOSH | 2011 | In metal alloys | 422 | 1277 | 110 | 0.086 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | NIOSH | 2011 | In metal alloys | 369 | 1114 | 83 | 0.074 | 0.2 |
A | Production area | NIOSH | In metal alloys | 472 | 1439 | 2.9 | 0.0020 | 0.2 | |
Inorganic Salts Production | |||||||||
P | Technician | NIOSH | 2011 | Proprietary | 478 | 1442 | 6.9 | 0.0048 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | NIOSH | 2011 | Proprietary | 433 | 1295 | 260 | 0.20 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | NIOSH | 2011 | Proprietary | 423 | 1277 | 56 | 0.044 | 0.2 |
A | Production area | NIOSH | 2011 | Proprietary | 558 | 1674 | 0.64 | 0.0004 | 0.2 |
A | Production area | NIOSH | 2011 | Proprietary | 355 | 1074 | 6.2 | 0.0058 | 0.2 |
Paste Preparation | |||||||||
P | Technician | NIOSH | 2011 | Proprietary | 44 | 133 | 0.5 | 0.0038 | 0.2 |
A | Paste preparation bench | NIOSH | 2011 | Proprietary | 44 | 132 | <0.2 | < 0.0015 | 0.2 |
Sputter Target Production | |||||||||
P | Technician | Comp. | 2011 | Proprietary | 435 | 870 | 190 | 0.22 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | Comp. | 2011 | Proprietary | 450 | 900 | 350 | 0.39 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | Comp. | 2011 | Proprietary | 373 | 756 | 24 | 0.032 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | Comp. | 2011 | Proprietary | 433 | 866 | 15 | 0.017 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | Comp. | 2011 | Proprietary | 504 | 1008 | 51 | 0.051 | 0.2 |
P | Technician | Comp. | 2011 | Proprietary | 500 | 1000 | 20 | 0.020 | 0.2 |
A | Production area | Comp. | 2011 | Proprietary | 502 | 1004 | 3.7 | 0.004 | 0.2 |
A = area sample; Comp. = Company; Conc. = concentration; Dur. = duration; P = personal sample; RL = reporting limit; Vol. = volume.