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BS EN 17199-5:2025 Workplace exposure. Measurement of dustiness of bulk materials that contain or release respirable NOAA or other respirable particles - Vortex shaker method, 2025
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- European foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Symbols and abbreviations
- 5 Principle
- Table 1 — Measurands, aerosol instruments/sampling devices and associated recommendations for the vortex shaker method
- 6 Equipment [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 — Overview of the experimental set-up of the vortex shaker test bench [Go to Page]
- Figure 2 — Characteristics of the cylindrical container used for the vortex shaker method
- Figure 3 — Characteristics of the three elements to be realized for the assembly of the cylindrical container
- Figure 4 — Characteristics of the inlet/outlet tubes screwed on the cylindrical container [Go to Page]
- Figure 5 — Configuration A of the experimental set-up of the vortex shaker method [Go to Page]
- Figure 6 — Configuration B of the experimental set-up of the vortex shaker method [Go to Page]
- 7 Requirements [Go to Page]
- 8 Preparation [Go to Page]
- 9 Test procedure
- Figure 7 — Flow diagram describing the different stages of the test protocol for configuration A
- Figure 8 — Flow diagram describing the different stages of the test protocol for configuration B
- Table 2 — Summary of test procedure sequences
- 10 Evaluation of data [Go to Page]
- 11 Test report
- Annex A (informative) Pictures illustrating some of the equipment of the method
- Figure A.1 — External and internal view of two cylindrical containers (6.2.2)
- Figure A.2 — Cylindrical container (6.2.2) positioned on the vortex shaker and connected to the conductive flexible tubing for incoming air (left) and released aerosol (right)
- Figure A.3 —Microcentrifuge tube (6.2.15) used to prepare the 0,5 cm3 test sample
- Figure A.4 — Operation of pouring the test sample into the cylindrical tube
- Annex B (informative) Examples of TEM images obtained with the vortex shaker method
- Figure B.1 — TEM images of airborne CNT sampled during a dustiness test with MWCNT. Sampling duration of 10 s with the TEM grid holder equipped with 400 Mesh Holey Carbon Film TEM grids. Images made © LAFP, from [10]
- Annex C (informative) Motivation for development of the vortex shaker method
- Bibliography [Go to Page]