Hazard of mercury vapor in scientific laboratories.

Author: Shepherd M, Schuhmann S, Flinn RH, Hough JW, Neal PA.

Source: J. Research Nat. Bur. Stand.

Year: 1941

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Abstract / Excerpt:

This paper is divided into two parts. The first part reports the determination of the amounts of mercury vapor found in the air of various ventilated and unventilated laboratories at the National Bureau of Standards and elsewhere. The new optical mercury-vapor detector devised by Woodson and produced by the General Electric Co. was used to secure this information. The concentrations found ranged up to 70 micrograms of mercury per cubic meter of air. Various sources of mercury vapor are described, as well as some measures taken to lower the concentration.

Citation: Shepherd M, Schuhmann S, Flinn RH, Hough JW, Neal PA. Hazard of mercury vapor in scientific laboratories. J. Research Nat. Bur. Stand. 1941; 26(357-375):9.