Designation:D6061−01(Reapproved2012)´1StandardPracticeforEvaluatingthePerformanceofRespirableAerosolSamplers1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6061;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—ReapprovedwitheditorialchangesinApril2012.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoverstheevaluationoftheperformanceofpersonalsamplersofnon-fibrousrespirableaerosol.Thesamplersareassessedrelativetoaspecificrespirablesamplingconvention.Theconventionisoneofseveralthatidentifyspecificparticlesizefractionsforassessinghealtheffectsofairborneparticles.Whenahealtheffectsassessmenthasbeenbasedonaspecificconventionitisappropriatetousethatsameconventionforsettingpermissibleexposurelimitsintheworkplaceandambientenvironmentandformonitoringcom-pliance.Theconventions,whichdefineinhalable,thoracic,andrespirableaerosolsamplerideals,havenowbeenadoptedbytheInternationalStandardsOrganization(ISO7708),theCo-mitéEuropéendeNormalisation(CENStandardEN481),andtheAmericanConferenceofGovernmentalIndustrialHygien-ists(ACGIH,Ref(1)),2developed(2)inpartfromhealth-effectsstudiesreviewedinRef(3)andinpartasacompromisebetweendefinitionsproposedinRefs(3,4).1.2ThispracticeiscomplementarytoTestMethodD4532,whichspecifiesaparticularinstrument,the10-mmcyclone.3Thesamplerevaluationprocedurespresentedinthispracticehavebeenappliedinthetestingofthe10-mmcycloneaswellastheHiggins-Dewellcyclone.3,4Detailsontheevaluationhavebeenpublished(5-7)andcanbeincorporatedintorevisionsofTestMethodD4532.1.3Acentralaimofthispracticeistoprovideinformationrequiredforcharacterizingtheuncertaintyofconcentrationestimatesfromsamplestakenbycandidatesamplers.Forthispurpose,samplingaccuracydatafromtheperformancetestsgivenherecanbecombinedwithinformationastoanalyticalandsamplingpumpuncertaintyobtainedexternally.Theprac-ticeappl...
