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Document ID (ISN)24903
CIS number 76-811
Year 1974
Convention or series no. ZH 1/517
Author(s)
German Committee on Respiratory Protective Equipment (Deutscher Ausschuss für Atemschutzgeräte), Bonn, 1974.
Title Air-purifying respirators for protection against aerosols (dust, fumes, mists and other particulate atmospheric pollutants)
Original title Atemschutzfiltergeräte gegen Schwebstoffe (Stäube, Rauche, Nebel und andere teilchenförmige Luftverunreinigungen) [in German]
Bibliographic information Carl Heymanns Verlag KG, Gereonstrasse 18-32, 5 Köln 1, Germany (Fed.Rep.). 12p. 4 ref. Price: DM.1.50.
Abstract Technical safety rules laid down in pursuance of the German Federal law on technical equipment: scope, characteristics of respiratory protective equipment, specifications for the apparatus as a whole and for filters, testing (equipment, materials, degree of penetration), preliminary conditions to be filled for tests and test certificate.
Descriptors (primary) Germany (Federal Republic of); respirators; personal protective equipment
Descriptors (secondary) airborne dust; air purifying respirators; filtration efficiency; directive; particulate removing respirators; approval; equipment testing; aerosols
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Personal protection
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Respiratory protection
Personal protection