Designation:D6062−07(Reapproved2012)StandardGuideforPersonalSamplersofHealth-RelatedAerosolFractions1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD6062;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguidedefinesconventionsforpersonalsamplersofspecificparticle-size-dependentfractionsofanygivennon-fibrousairborneaerosol.Suchsamplersareusedforassessinghealtheffectsandinthesettingofandtestingforcompliancewithpermissibleexposurelimitsintheworkplaceandambientenvironment.TheconventionshavebeenadoptedbytheInternationalStandardsOrganization(TechnicalReportISOTR7708),theComitéEuropéendeNormalisation(CENStandardEN481),andtheAmericanConferenceofGovern-mentalIndustrialHygienists(ACGIH)(1).2Theconventionsweredeveloped(2)inpartfromhealth-effectsstudiesreviewed(3)bytheACGIHandinpartasacompromisebetweendefinitionsproposedbytheACGIH(3)andbytheBritishMedicalResearchCouncil(BMRC)(4).Conventionsaregivenhereforinhalable,thoracic,andrespirablefractions.1.2ThisguideiscomplementarytoTestMethodD4532,whichdescribestheperformanceofaparticularinstrument,the10-mmcyclone,andoperationalproceduresforuse.Theprocedures,specificallytheoptimalflowrate,arestillvalidalthoughtheestimatedaccuracydifferssomewhatfromusewithpreviousaerosolfractiondefinitions.DetailsonthisinstrumentandalsotheHiggins-Dewellcyclonehaverecentlybeenpublished(5-7).1.3Limitations:1.3.1Thedefinitionsgivenherewereadoptedbytheagen-cieslistedin1.1inpartonthebasisofexpectedhealtheffectsofthedifferentsizefractions,butinpartallowingforavailablesamplingequipment.TheoriginaladoptionbyCENwas,infact,fortheeventualsettingofcommonstandardsbytheECcountrieswhilepermittingtheuseofavarietyofinstrumenta-tion.Deviationsofthesamplingconventionsfromhealth-relatedeffectsareasfollows:1.3.1.1Theinhalablefractionactuallydependsonthe...
