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Document ID (ISN)40268
CIS number 83-1339
ISSN - Serial title 0137-7043 - Bezpieczeństwo pracy
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Krasuska E.
Title Methods to determine sodium hydroxide in workplace air
Original title Metody oznaczania wodorotlenku sodowego w powietrzu na stanowiskach pracy [in Polish]
Bibliographic information June 1983, No.6, p.15-17. Illus. 8 ref.
Abstract Literature survey of the uses and health hazards of this substance (table of caustic effects on eyes in different concentrations). Description of several determination techniques: colorimetry; spectrophotometry with bromthymol blue; sampling methods; a filter sampling method developed by the Polish Central Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
Descriptors (primary) sodium hydroxide; determination in air; sampling and analysis; caustic substances
Descriptors (secondary) description of technique; literature survey
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Alkaline materials
Inorganic substances