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Surface Contamination
Proceedings of a Symposium Held at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, June 1964
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Surface Contamination presents the proceedings of first International Symposium on Surface Contamination, held at Gatlinburg, Tennessee in June 1964. The meeting discusses the potential hazards brought about by noxious contaminants on surfaces; the effects of contamination to human health and safety; and the integrity of scientific and technical machinery and products in meeting the exacting requirements. The book contains the work of experts from different technical and administrative disciplines. Areas covered include fundamental research on redispersible and evaporable contamination, including radioactive, biological, chemical, and abrasive contaminants. Administrative and technical problems on radioactive surface contamination control criteria; measurement techniques; environmental control of surface contamination; dissemination of airborne microorganisms; radioactive contamination control applications; biological and chemical surface contamination; insurance and economics; and decontamination are tackled as well. The text will be a good source of information for ecologists, environmentalists, chemists, biologists, students, and policymakers.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Surface Contamination
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1. AEROSOL PROPERTIES RELATED TO SURFACE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 2. LIGHT SCATTERING INSTRUMENTATION FOR COUNTING AND SIZING PARTICLES
- CHAPTER 3. PREDICTING THE HEALTH HAZARD: THE AERODYNAMIC CLASSIFICATION OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES
- CHAPTER 4. THE SORPTION OF GAS BY AN OIL-COATED SOLID
- CHAPTER 5. THE WETTING CHARACTERISTICS OF METAL SURFACES
- CHAPTER 6. THE QUANTITATIVE DETECTION OF SURFACE CONTAMINANTS BY EVAPORATIVE RATE MEASUREMENTS
- CHAPTER 7. THE ADSORPTION OF VARIOUS RADIOISOTOPES UPON SELECTED MATERIALS
- CHAPTER 8. MECHANISMS OF DUST REDISPERSION
- CHAPTER 9. DIRECT OBSERVATION OF PARTICLE REENTRAINMENT FROM SURFACES
- CHAPTER 10. ADHESION OF RADIOACTIVE GLASS PARTICLES TO SOLID SURFACES
- CHAPTER 11. THE RESUSPENSION OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL FROM SURFACES
- CHAPTER 12. REDISPERSION OF SETTLED PARTICULATES
- CHAPTER 13. SOME EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE RESUSPENSION FACTOR OF PLUTONIUM FROM VARIOUS SURFACES
- CHAPTER 14. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SURFACE AND AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 15. THE ROTATING DISK AS AN AEROSOL SAMPLER IN THE SUBMICRON RANGE
- CHAPTER 16. THE DEPOSITION OF PARTICLES FROM MOVING AIR
- CHAPTER 17. TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION OF CONTAMINATION FROM AN INSTANTANEOUS SOURCE
- CHAPTER 18. DEPOSITION OF SUBMICRON-SIZE PARTICLES IN VENTILATION DUCTS
- CHAPTER 19. THE CONCEPT OF DERIVED WORKING LIMITS FOR SURFACE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 20. CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN DEVELOPING SURFACE CONTAMINATION CONTROL CRITERIA
- CHAPTER 21. PERMISSIBLE CONTAMINATION LIMITS
- CHAPTER 22. CONSIDERATIONS SUR LES NORMES DE CONTAMINATION DE SURFACE
- CHAPTER 23. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LIMITS FOR RADIOACTIVE SURFACE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 24. STUDIES OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 25. A METHOD FOR EVALUATING SURFACE CONTAMINATION OF SOFT BETA EMITTERS
- CHAPTER 26. EVALUATION OF SR90 + Y90 SURFACE CONTAMINATION USING RADIATION SURVEY INSTRUMENTS
- CHAPTER 27. PERFORMANCE OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION DETECTORS FOR ONTARIO HYDRO MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVELS OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 28. TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING "REMOVABLE" SURFACE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 29. NONVOLATILE RESIDUE NEPHELOMETER
- CHAPTER 30. PREPARATION OF STANDARDIZED TEST DUSTS
- CHAPTER 31. AIR FLOW IN CONVENTIONAL AND "LAMINAR" FLOW CLEAN HOODS (MOVIE)
- CHAPTER 32. SOME NEW DEVICES USED IN PLUTONIUM CONTAMINATION CONTROL
- CHAPTER 33. AUTONETICS CLEAN ROOM TRAINING PROGRAMS
- CHAPTER 34. PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS FOR AIRBORNE AND SURFACE CONTAMINANTS OF AEROSPACE COMPONENTS AND FACILITIES
- CHAPTER 35. ELIMINATION OF GASEOUS SURFACE CONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 36. ESTIMATION OF THE DOSE RATE OF FALLOUT DEPOSITION BY X-RAY SPECTROMETRY
- CHAPTER 37. OVERCOMING ACCUMULATION OF PARTICULATE MATTERIN CLEAN ROOM ATMOSPHERES WITH DIRECT REFILTERING DEVICES
- CHAPTER 38. EFFECT OF VENTILATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF AIRBORNE MICROBIAL CONTAMINATIONāLABORATORY STUDIES
- CHAPTER 39. EFFECT OF VENTILATION ON DISTRIBUTION OF AIRBORNE MICROBIAL CONTAMINATIONāFIELD STUDIES
- CHAPTER 40. DISSEMINATION OF AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS IN AN INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT
- CHAPTER 41. PLUTONIUM MONITORING TECHNIQUES FOR ZPR-III
- CHAPTER 42. PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION CONTROL AT A.W.R.E.
- CHAPTER 43. ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY AND BODY BURDEN
- CHAPTER 44. BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SURFACE CONTAMINATIONāA RECURRING PROBLEM
- CHAPTER 45. A TECHNIQUE FOR MEASUREMENT OF MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION ON FLAT SURFACES
- CHAPTER 46. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF MICROBIAL SURFACE CONTAMINATION IN VARIOUS CLEAN ROOM ENVIRONMENTS
- CHAPTER 47. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BERYLLIUM SURFACE CONTAMINATION TO HEALTH
- CHAPTER 48. A STUDY OF BERYLLIUM SURFACE CONTAMINATION AND RESUSPENSION
- CHAPTER 49. ECONOMICS OF SURFACE CONTAMINATION AS RELATED TO INSURANCE
- CHAPTER 50. CONTAMINATION CONTROL AND DECONTAMINATION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEDICAL USE OF RADIUM
- CHAPTER 51. ECONOMICS OF BUILDING DECONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 52. APPLICATION AU CENTRE D'ETUDES NUCLEAIRES DE SACLAY DES TECHNIQUES MODERNES DE DECONTAMINATION
- CHAPTER 53. ON THE REMOVAL OF THE RADIOACTIVE SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS
- CHAPTER 54. THE DECONTAMINATION SERVICE AT A.E.R.E., HARWELL
- APPENDIX 1
- APPENDIX 2
- APPENDIX 3
- APPENDIX 4
- APPENDIX 5
- APPENDIX 6
- INDEX
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