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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Hyg. 2013;10(12):723–733. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2013.836279

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)
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.