Standards for Calibrating Personal Air Sampling Pumps

["William Weis" <w.weis@worldnet.att.net>]

NUREG-1400, "Air Sampling In The Workplace", references ASTM Procedure
D4185, "Methods for Calibration of Small Volume Air Pumps", Appendix A.1
regarding a soap film meter calibration method of personal air sampler
rotameters.  In the ASTM index, D4185-96 is "Standard Practice for
Measurement of Metals in Workplace Atmospheres by Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometry"  ASTM does have another standard D5337-97, "Standard
Practice for Flow Rate for Calibration of Personal Air Sampling Pumps", that
may be what was intended.  Does anyone have information regarding the ASTM
reference in NUREG-1400, correction or otherwise?  Thanks.

Bill Weis
BWX Technologies, Inc.
w.weis@worldnet.att.net

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