Air Monitoring Methods

All volumes of the MAK–Collection provide comprehensive and authoritative information for occupational health and safety professionals and researchers. They cover both the toxicological substantiation of threshold values for chemicals at the workplace (MAK and BAT values) and the suitable monitoring methods. Thus, they are an indispensable tool for maintaining occupational health and safety. Here, detailed, ready–to–use protocols for air monitoring methods are provided, which were developed to monitor concentrations of occupational toxicants at the workplace. They can also be used for environmental monitoring. All methods are reliable, reproducible, in accordance with quality assurance standards and cover all required steps from sampling to the interpretation of results. This includes data on precision, accuracy, and detection limit, calibration procedures as well as potential sources of systematic errors. Advantages and disadvantages of each method are clearly outlined. The documented methods are authoritative, because they were compiled by the Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area. The Commission is internationally acknowledged for its neutrality and is working strictly according to transparent, scientific criteria. The complete MAK–Collection is also available online: www.mak–collection.com

Contents of Volumes 1–13 in alphabetical order  XI Working Group “Analytical Chemistry“ of the Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area  XXV Organization – Objectives and operational procedure – Development, examination, release, and quality of the analytical methods – Publications of the Working Group – Withdrawal of methods Analytical Subcommittee of the Chemistry Board of Experts of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)    XXVII Organization and aims – Development, testing, validation and quality of the analytical procedures – Up–dating of the published analytical methods Preliminary Remarks Quality assurance at workplace measurements  3 Analytical Methods Beryllium (BGI 505–13–02)    73 Bisphenol A (BGI 505–75–01)        85 Carbon tetrachloride, Method No 2    93 Carboxylic acid amides (BGI 505–74–01)      109 Formic acid methyl ester, Method No 1      121 Glycol ethers and glycol esters (BGI 505–76–01)  135 Lead and its inorganic compounds (BGI 505–73–01)    147 Metals (chromium, copper and inorganic compounds), Method No 1   159 Nickel (BGI 505–10–02)      173 2–Nitronaphthalene (BGI 505–22–02)    185 Wood dust (BGI 505–41–02)    195 Members, Guests and ad hoc Experts of the Working Group “Analyses of Hazardous Substances in Air of Work Areas“ of the Commission of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area  203 The MAK–Collection Part III: Air Monitoring Methods, Vol 13 DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft © 2012 Wiley–VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA Published 2012 by Wiley–VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA Members of the Analytical Subcommittee of the Chemistry Board of Experts of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV)   208 Contents of Volumes 1–13 arranged by CAS numbers       210

Harun Parlar is head of the working group "Air Analyses" of the Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area. He is Chief Editor of the scientific journals Advances in Food Science (AFS) and Fresenius Environmental Bulletin (FEB). His scientific work led to more then 270 publications, two text books and three awards – Certificate of Merit (International Academy of Environmental Safety, 1987), SECOTOX–Award (1988) and VARIAN–Award (1994).