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Document ID (ISN)35677
CIS number 81-986
Year 1980
Convention or series no. NSC Data Sheet I-687-80
Title Laboratory fume hoods.
Bibliographic information National Safety Council, 444 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA, 1980. 4p. Illus.
Abstract Capabilities and limitations of fume cupboards and fume hoods; basic elements of a fume hood; improved fume hoods equipped with air by-pass system; performance criterion (face velocity); location, maintenance and testing; need for local scrubbing of effluent if highly toxic chemicals are being used.
Descriptors (primary) exhaust hoods; laboratory work; USA
Descriptors (secondary) local exhaust; toxic gases; data sheet; exhaust ventilation; gas scrubbers; laboratory equipment
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Heating, ventilation and climate
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Ventilation