British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: EH/2/2 - Work place atmospheres
Categories:: Information management | Vocabularies | Environment. Health protection. Safety | Standardization. General rules | Environment | Air quality | Air quality. General | Ambient atmospheres | Workplace atmospheres

Scope

This document specifies a method for the determination of the mass concentration of particulate arsenic and arsenic compounds in workplace air, using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS). The method is not suitable for determination of arsenic in the form of metal arsenides, which decompose in the presence of water or acid, or for arsenic trioxide vapour.

The method is applicable to personal and stationary air sampling.

Determination of arsenic trioxide vapour and arsine will be addressed in future parts of this International Standard.

Purpose

Arsenic and arsenic compounds are toxic and are recognized as human carcinogens. In particular, arsenic and arsenic compounds are a hazard to the health of workers in many industries through exposure by inhalation. Occupational exposure limit values (OELVs) have been established in most jurisdictions

This document provides a consistent methodology for the measurement of arsenic and arsenic compounds, except for arsine and arsenic trioxide, in workplace air for compliance with OELVs or other workplace exposure assessment purposes.

This is the first of three parts that are envisioned. When all three parts are completed, the current ISO 11041:1996 will be withdrawn.

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1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

09/12/2020

Proposal end date:

16/01/2021

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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ISO/NP 6323-1 Workplace atmospheres -- Determination of arsenic and arsenic compounds by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry -- Part 1: Part 1: Arsenic and arsenic compounds, except arsine by ET-AAS

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