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tt-Ci.r- The B F Goodrich Company BFG RESTRICTED BFG TECHNICAL DOCUMENT Corporate Research, 4032A-7, THE BJ. MM CO. SR ^ch 6 1978 DISTRIBUTION - - 1978 BFG CANADA P. B. Mason RESEARCH LIBRARY CHEMICAL DIVISION ENGINEERED SYSTEMS DIVISION E A. Perry P. E. Perry A. D. Klingenberg Avon Lake Technical Center L. Crider -S. Shringarpurey Cleveland R. A. Krueger -M. E. Roha - F. A. Donat E. B. Osborne - D. G. Kuharik CORPORATE GROUPS GENERAL PRODUCTS DIVISION J. F. Auchter 0. Reidl C. L. Blackfan INTERNATIONAL BFG W. N. Dickerson F. A. Bellini G. A. Spaulding-J. R. Ledgervood Corporate Information Center R&D Files (2J Corporate Planning M. K. Wolverton TIRE DIVISION P. C. James R. A- Eisentrout R. L. Raun Corporate Research D. E. Ley (2) R. J. Fawcett E. -D. Dickens, C. E. VJ likes A. R. Berens <<<* Corporate Technical Supftert P. M. Zakriski Patent Department E. G. Fiorito-J. R. Lindsay ^^.n.^a^pecial report PASSIVE DOSIMETERS by Michael A. Centanni and M. 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Transmission or removal ol this document outside of tms facility is not authorized without the express approval of the operating manager concerned, or in compliance with local removal procedures. See BFGoodrich Security Policy No. 300 for external mailing procedures. Storage: BFG RESTRICTED, BFG TECHNICAL DOCUMENT must not be left exposed or un attended and must be stored under lock and key when not in use. Destruction: BFG RESTRICTED. BFG TECHNICAL DOCUMENT should be disposed of by shred ding, tearing destructively or burning to make its retrievability extremely difficult, if not impossible i 21906002 ^25-o?3o<=) Corporate Research, 403.7A-73 SR, March 6, 197S PASSIVE DOSIMETERS by Michael A. Centanni and M. Peter Drevfuss SUMMARY The Corporate Research New Ventures group has initiated a 1978 Feasibility Study on passive dosimeters. Prior to this, we conducted a preliminary analysis of the technical and business as pects of passive dosimeters as a new business opportunity for BFG. This report summarizes many of our findings. In their simplest form, passive dosimeters are small badges which can be clipped to the workers shirt pocket. And be used to ( monitor his personal work environment for air contaminants con sidered dangerous to his health and safety (ex.: VCM, benzene, lead dust, etc.). The list of chemicals that are monitored in the work place is large and growing rapidly. Several companies have intro duced passive dosimeters based on charcoal absorption. We see no rationale in BFG making charcoal based dosimeters, which are low in technology, and trying to compete in the marketplace. However, we can describe an "ideal" passive dosimeter that would be high in technical content and come much closer to satisfying the needs as perceived by all sides involved (govt., worker, management). Our feasibility study will be directed towards this "ideal" dosimeter and we discuss some technical concepts that might lead us to our goal. 21906003 THEB.F.6NMC0. um 511978 RESEKRCH UBRftftY a f CrOOOic-i i Corporate Research 4032A-7S -3- SR, March 6, 1978 CONCLUSIONS 1. The number of chemicals chat are considered harmful to workers are large and growing in number daily. Many arc already being regulated in terms of worker exposure. Monitoring the work environment for these chemicals will represent a significant and growing market for selected companies.. We do not know if BFO should or will be one of those companies but we feel a need to make sure the opportunity doesn't go by unnoticed. 2. BFG should not attempt to market a carbon absorption dosimeter because of the low technology involved and lack of a proprietary position. 3. If BFG is to compete, it should develop passive dosimeters that essentially eliminate the expensive chemical analysis step. 4. An "ideal'* passive dosimter has the following features - good (less than 1 ppm) sensitivity - good selectivity - instant (plug-in) analysis - small size and light weight - represent a net cost savings to the user - be capable of recording peak exposures RECOMMENDATIONS The authors have initiated a feasibility study (4032A) and along with Sudhir Shringarpureyof Avon Lake Technical Center and Dan Hine, are currently working on the project. OBJECTIVES To consider and evaluate the business and technical oppor tunities in the area of passive personal chemical monitors. a F OCOORICH 21906004 Corporate Research, 4032A-7S -4- SR, March 6, 1973 PATENT SITUATION Patents exist covering certain aspects of current badges. However, the new high technology badges that we propose to develop should allow for adequate patent coverage of our discoveries and developments. All passive dosimeters of the type here considered will probably require a static airgap. At least some aspects of this are disclosed and claimed in U.S. 3,950,980 assigned to the 3M Company (April 20, 1976). The claims seem rather narrow. Never theless, it seems there might be some litigation between 3M and Abcor (Walden Div.) on the basis of this patent. We do not know if there is or not. In any case, the Patent Law Department will have to carefully consider and render a judgment on this point. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Two "idea generation" meetings were held by D. Dickens and P. Zakriski in early 1977 as a means of identifying those people in the Company who might contribute to this project. We want to thank those involved, W. Kroenke, A. Berens, R. Whitehead, C. Carman, P. Nicholas, R. Childers, F. Doljack, A. Magistro, F. Ramp, R. Hooser, and Lee Traynor, for their time and subsequent dis cussions. In addition, we want to acknowledge conversations and significant help from Ron Myers, Sudhir Shringarpurey (ALTC), and John Born. B f coon;TI 21906005 Corporace Research 4fM<V-7 -5- SR, March 6, L978 INTRODUCTION A well-known problem of increasing < ice r n to BFC is l i:iu s - trial and chemical pollutants and government: re K u I a - ion the C. The need to control and monitor these polluta:annttss is command ing an ever-increasing amount of effort and expensei Can we cum this situation around to the extent chat we can ise it to genera ce business opportunities? One way to do thi: might be to develop and market new, novel, and effective monit< ing devi ces. S uch a business could involve selling only the devicceess ;; it might i no 1'side a newLy developed specialty instrument to reaadd the r e s u 11 s oh- tained by the device; or it might include a service wherein we analyze and report the results, offering us the ooppppoerrttu' nity to establish a service related business. We re asked ov mea ns of this report to discuss and record the considerations we explored in the area of personal passive dosimeters as a new business oppor tunity. These considerations were preliminary to our undertaking a project in developing just such a new product. Some of the devices already in existence, which we have considered are: the Bendix Pump Monitor and the pumpless carbon absorption badges including a static air gap badge and a membrane diffusion badge, Some newer developments include 3 M's mercury badge; a modification of this concept by Scheide and Taylor(l) who used a quartz crystal as a micro-balance for determining exposure to mercury; and finally, a badge developed by Sudhir Shringarpurey^ at the Avon Lake Technical Center for detection of organo-tins. J We shall present some background information on all of these devices in the following paragraphs. We feel that it is necessary to inform ourselves and other interested people of these existing devices so that our directives can be more clearly defined. In the following paragraphs, we shall discuss both dynamic dosimeter and passive dosimeters which are already available on the market. We shall also discuss several new approaches to passive dosimeters. A. Bendix Pump Monitor -- The Bendix Pump Monitor has been in use at BFGoodricn since 1974. In that year we were faced with the urgent problem of how to effectively monitor employee's exposure to vinyl chloride monomer (VCM). The Bendix Pump Monitor has filled that urgent need since then. Over the years, we have gained much experience in the operation of the pump. These first generation badges use a mechanical pump to cycle air at a fixed race through a tube containing activated carbon. At the end of the day, the tube is sent to the lab where it is analyzed for VCM. This analysis is both time consuming and costly. In addition to the expense of analyzing the tubes, there are other disadvantages to the pump monitor. One of the biggest 1 T 21906006 Corporate Research 4 0 -6- SR. March 6. L978 dis a dvancages i s their expe nse In i t i a l L V - no v a r (} a j L. Z j) *1 - pie c e . They c a n be us ed ma n y t ime s over , ho V e v e r l he expo i' s 0 ass 0 ciated wi t h mainte nance c a n be very 1 a ry e T he V a r e me e *1 T . ' ^ ' dev L ces that a r e prone to b r ea k down Thi r. b r l ng s u s I. o a n i nr. ing point. ; if t he pump br ea ks d own when a n 0 n i n Lo e t t . e a r i n J 1 .. wil 1 the empl o y ee repo rt it so that t i1 e m a i_ f u not o n can. be c o r - rec t ed? If n o t , then the r eli a bii i. t/ of i_ he pum p d r ops to n ea:: 1 y zero In add i c ion to being ex P ensi ve and pn S :j lb ^ `\ f u n re I lab 1 e , th pump s are noi s y f bulky , and un c omf o rtable B. Pumpless Carbon Absorption Badges -- Since we are calling the Bendix Pump Monitors the first generation devices, these devices will be termed second generation devices. These bads.es are in the market development phase of commercialization by several companies and are under current evaluation bv RFG. In fact, they will very likely replace the pump monitors. They are the badges of the immediate future. 1. Static Air Gap Badge -- There are presently two suppliers of the static" air gap badge. They are AbcorO; and 3K(^5) These badges also use activated carbon but instead of a pump, they employ a static air gap across which the pollutants diffuse to the carbon absorbent. ( Both badges use a draft shield made from a non-reaccive porous material to isolate the air gap. The 3M badge uses a thin microporous film of isotactic poly(propylene) for such a shield. These wind screens insure that the amount of gas available to react with the activated carbon is a function of concentration. In both cases, the amount of gas collected is quite independent of the velocity and impingement angle of the gas mixture. Furthermore, both badges yield a time-weighted-average for exposure to solvent mixtures with the Abcor badge yielding information in the 0.5 - 150 ppm range. There are several apparent advantages of these second generation badges over the first generation badges. For example, the badges are passive devices and therefore require no maintenance. They are light-weight, simple, and seem to work. Furthermore, their cost is very low. In fact, the Abcor badges come to $3.72 per badge; on the otherhand, the pumps, according to Abcor, come to either $4.80 or $6.80 a piece depending on whether you already have the pumps or whether you have to buy them. See Table 1 for the breakdown on pricing. One of the disadvantages of these carbon absorption badges is that they are still carbon absorption devices. In this area, the technology has been somewhat stagnant. Of course, the , analysis is the same as the pump analysis. Again, these analyses v- are both time consuming and costly. 21906007 T! Corporate Research. ^032A-73 SR . March . 1'3 7 6 A b c o r's C ost Com parison Table so c o Ui ** oo O r-H -a c. L- >s- n CO 01 E aa LJ id a 4/1 in u E tz F- H ^ O c V. a> E -C O LJ ij -- CO O o0 o 1- o in 3 3 U o a O' i o> <&O O in Lj in ai O' tJ o> 0) c iH in o a in .--v in "j vi 3 o in 'w' u <0 0/ >1 LJ 2 O 2 O O <3 05 a\ 3 --1 ov >s 0J la 33 in n- 1 mi i O1 o> m CTl eg C on o O <*n s2 'T O -7 , r-H r^. <rt o 3 cn CO u> 01 C u H1 . 00 e o. in 10 o. o o m o </> O m <a in u <0 a u 10 01 ai Cl. >s 01 0) 3o 3 Cl o lO_i AM. cn p 3 F. -- cn >s 1--4 >L o o> 10 cn l- a. v> a. m in 33 3 O in r-- < s: i/1 </> la 3 i-h CL in in Oo oo . eg <s> o oo o oO o CO mC 1 1 i 1 o CO \T Vr w EQ. <1-3 U <I-H 0a oo OE in c l> trot -Dg. C3J jS CCeOO 01 CL 3 1o O oO 1 o 3 O. (o 03 o CO 1 CO >1 . i f-. 10 1 --1 o m <r i ^y 33 1 <n in o> OC W1 33 H Q. 05 H --H 3 <2/ LJ Cl cfl 4J U L- 01 10 X 40 0 O --H a. cn CO i-l C/1 JD i--1 ro J_! c <0 3 133 U HI 01 F <_5 f* L ^v 0J o; pc c < a. QJ o 40 iH fH o 0J 431 t-- n Cl. LJ o C J3 LJ o ZJ 3 w 2 fO 71 05 ?sD --1 fH u H o L-i Li F L- ZD O lj 5 fL JD 3 0- --i r- E >n> C 4J 0) o ou o W4 ret LrJt fJ e ^4 0 n H /) -fH 0 l_l 10 01 fH rH JZ V o il 01 4ft L- oo u 10 Ui > to *. U Oo 0J o a. fJ 135 Q. --4 10 c. c. 33 71 3 ft 0) 3 C o o V- Q 0J cC 40 00 v> C_5 3 fJ 33 C 3 ci- *H H n 40 O<n 05 0 3 z a. tz CO Cj u CO Q 01 u C- c_> 05 U ui n l-l 50 u 3 Q. t0 U1 C 4ft <2 4J m o i--< CD 5T 3 03 35 ,t ^ N H* l O O' O O T1 Corpora:e Research ' j 2 A - '/ -3 - SR, March 6 . 19 ?o 2. Membrane Diffusion Badge -- Th Ls badne , mcrkvtod V- Real, uses a silicon "rubber membrane as a diffusion membrane. Since it is a diffusion controlled device, we feel that the response rin.e or she badge may be coo slow, making it ineffective and unsuitable. Furthermore, their prices are very high, r.earlv 0 per bad; ex - eluding analysis. C. New Developments -- We shall call these badges third vener ation badges. These badges move away from carbon absorption and work toward chemical fixation and new absorption techniques. There are presently two examples of such badges. 1. The first example is 3M's mercury vapor badge. It's cost is $20 including analysis and reporting of the results. Analy sis appears to be simple and inexpensive. The badge consists of a thin film of gold on a substrate. The mercury forms an amalgam with the gold and hence changes the conductivity of the gold. Therefore, in this case, che analysis is a simple conductivity measurement. 2. The second example is given by che work done by Scheide and Taylor at che National Bureau of Standards(. In cheir work, they used a quartz crystal as a sensitive micro-balance. The concept is to monitor the resonant frequency of a quartz crystal which is part of an active circuit. Interaction with che pollutant is accomplished through a chemical which is coated to the surface of the quartz. A gain or loss in weight will alter the resonant fre quency of the system (quartz plus coating). Scheide and Taylor have used this idea as a monitoring device for mercury vapor. They used gold as a fixant and were able to obtain a sensitivity of fractions of a part per billion in concentrations of mercury. An attractive feature of these sensors is that they are reversible. The mercury can be removed by heating the crystal in an oven at 150C in a stream of clean dry air. Scheide and Taylor were also able to show that air passed over the sensor at rates up to 300 cc/min does not affect the sensor stability. Minute changes in frequency occur when the flow is started and stopped. They attribute this fact to the adsorption and desorption of moisture from the substrated. Since all the crystals used were AT cut (a cut made at 35 18' to the Z axis), small vari ations in room temperature did not affect their stability in frequen cy. In addition, they determined that at flow rates of LOO cc/min, the response of the crystal was constant. The response was linear at higher flow rates but the sensitivity decreased and therefore, the precision of the measurements decreased. The range of the de tector was 500 nm (AF = 50 hertz). Their work dealt only with proto types, no efforts to put into the form of an area or a personal mon itor were reported. We are presently considering this means of using a quartz crystal for a badge to detect organic pollutants. The problem be comes finding a chemical which will fix the particular pollutants under consideration. In this particular type of detection system. G a n a a C T '? t Coro ora L e Research, 403/ 7. -9- SR, ' Na r cb 6, 1978 i nte r ferences can b e a b ig problem. r i i *. a C L , an y m o 1 e c u i c i s c ic ks to the s ub s t rate can change c he res cna n t frequency of : q uar tz chip and c he ref or e , give fa Is e read ing s . 3 . Th e third example is gi v e n by an orcanu-.i n bad a eve loped at BFG by Sudh ir Shringarp ur e v i r t hi e A von Lake T ecLii 1C a 1 C ent er. This par ti cular badge, in i t s c ur r en t s cage of d e ve Lo on ent. u ses chemical f ix a t ion . s inc e this ba dge us es a but in combi na Lion wi th a mechani c a i p uTil Ppump , i t's no t quit e a t h ird gener a t ion b aege b ut lies somewher e in be tween a seco nd and th ird gene ra c i 0 n ba d = Q . NATURE OF THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY A. Potential Market Size -- Wich che advene of che following government associations: N.I.0.S.H. (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health), E.P.A. (Environmental Protection Agency), O.S.H.A. (Occupational Safety, and Health Administration), and T.O.S.C.A. (Toxic Substances Control Act)-, stringent regula tions on occupational exposure to dangerous chemicals have been forced upon industry. These regulations have nearly insured a large and growing market for personal monitoring badges. Limits have been set for both a peak exposure and for a time-weightedaverage exposure. The latter was based on a 10-hour workday, 40hour workweek. Let us examine benzene, for example. The occuuational exposure of benzene should not exceed one part per million for a 10-hour workday, 40-hour workweek. N.I.O.S.H. estimates that over two million people in the work force are exposed to benzene. Table 2 lists, in addition to benzene, other dangerous chemicals along with their time-weighted-average exposures and the estimated number of people in the work force exposed to the chemicals. Of course, the pollution does not stop at the workers. For instance, N.I.O.S.H. estimates that in large industrial cities, atmospheric concentrations of inorganic mercury approach a level of one microgram per cubic meter. The number of people exposed to sulfur and nitrous oxides is so large that N.I.O.S.H. will not even hazard a guess as to the number of people exposed. Just consider, for example, the number of policemen and firemen exposed daily to such pollution. B. Possible Approaches -- There are several ways in which we could move into the'market" To begin wich, we could sell a new and unique badge in addition to giving technical assistance. Another possibility is to sell a new badge and offer an analytical service either internally or contracted externally to BFG. Furthermore. we could sell a new and novel data analysis instrument. We could use our technology and develop a new and unique area monitor. Finally, we could just license and/or sell our newly developed technology. TI 21906010 1. Benzene 2. Inorganic Arsenic 3. Ammonia 4. Trichloroethylene 5. Methyl Alcohol 6. Inorganic Mercury 7. Vinyl Chloride Monomer -10- Corporate Research, SR, March 6. 1976 32A-73 TABLE II N.I.O.S.H. estimated nmrber of workers exposed to t he chemica 1___________________ 2,000,000 1,500,000 500,000 200,000 175,000 150,000 Time-We igh tud-Avu rape Exposure for a 10-huur Workday, AO-hour workweek unless otherwise; specif ied 1 ppm (32 mg/m-*) 2 ug/njJ (15 minu sampling period) 50 ppm (5 minute sampling period) 100 ppm 200 ppm 3 0.05 mg/m -- 1 pptn C. Competition -- 1. Commercial -- There are already several second gen eration badges and at least one third generation badge on the market. They are produced by Abcor and 3M. Both companies make a passive carbon absorption badge. In addition, 3M makes a mercury vapor badge which is definitely third generation. It is highly probable that more will appear on the market. In fact, 3M has been working in this area for several years. Moreover, they have a division of occupational health and safety products. The company is both innovative and aggressive and will certainly develop more monitors . 2. Government -- N.I.O.S.H. is a government sponsored research agency that is currently interested in personal monitoring devices. In their case, however, the projects are generally speci fic and not very likely to result in a competitive product. Appar ently, the National Bureau of Standards is also interested in such monitors as exhibited by the work done by Scheide and Taylor. 3. Universities and Research Croups -- Many universities and research centers are involved in badge studies. One research group currently involved is the Gulf South Research Institute-. They do contract work for both the government and for industry. Paul Zakrisky has interacted with them and inquiries about GSRI should be directed to him. 21906011 T Corporate Research. ' 0 32.'.- ' 3 -11- SR, March 6, 1978 Both Louisiana State University and the University of Toronto have done extensive work on personal monitoring devices. These are just two universities of many that are involved in ,uch work . The University of Toronto has recently published a paper on the monitoring of nitric oxide. The nitric oxide forms .1 second stable radical with the free radical reagent, 2-phenyl--,4,3,3- tetramethylimidazoline 3-oxide 1-oxyl. The free radical reagent ie applied in chloroform solution to silica gel plates. The second radical, formed alter the reaction, is quantified by electron snin resonance. It is certainly feasible that such work may lead to patent and licensing rights. NATURE OF OUR TECHNICAL STRATEGY In our approach, we hope to learn from chlorinated substances and Shringarpurey's organo-tin badge. We are certainly technically competent in chlorinated materials, and are already well into high technology badges with the organo-tin badge. In our opinion, the largest markets are represented by ben zene, acrylonitrile, sulfur and nitrous oxides, carbon monoxide, asbestos, and heavy metals such as lead, mercury, beryllium, and arsenic. We will concentrate our efforts in some of these materials as the project develops. A. The Ideal Badge -- We have considered the desirable char acteristics of an ideal badge. During our work, we will keep these attributes in mind. To begin with, we need a badge that is sensi tive; the threshold limit values of many dangerous chemicals are on the decrease. Certainly, a badge sensitive to one part per billion is more than adequate. The badge should provide for easy and fast read-out of the pollutant concentration. Another attractive feature would be to have available the read-out of both the timeweighted-average and the peak exposures. We would like the response to be in direct proportion to the pollutant concentration inhaled by the wearer. Interferences should be kept to a minimum. Finally, where more than one pollutant is present, synergistic effects should be taken into account by the badge. The following table summarizes these characteristics. One muse keep in mind that the real product will inevitably be a compromise but the more we can incorporate into the badge, the better chance we have of developing a highly marketable product. 21906012 -12- Corporate Research. 4032A-73 SR, March 6 , 1978 TABLE 3 Characteristics of an Ideal Badge 1) Sensitive to one part per billion. 2) Should provide for easy and fast read-out of pollutant concentration. 3) Read-out both time-weighted-averages and peak exposures. 4) Badge response in proportion to the pollu tant concentration inhaled by the user. 5) No chemical interferences. 6) Synergisms taken into account. 7) A new economic savings over existing methods. B. Chemical and Physical Fixation -- 1. Chemical -- Under chemical fixation, there are several, concepts that we are considering. They are: L) covalently bond a specific chemical reagent for a given pollutant to a polymer matrix. 2) absorb these specific chemical reagents on a substrate; for example, silica or a poly crown ether. 3) use of strong oxidants such as potassium permanganate. 4) use of inorganic olefin complexes. 5) badges which change color such as PdCl2 when exposed to CO. 6) badges which use electrochemical cells. 2. Physical -- Recently, Ron Myers has brought to our attention one of a class of clathrate substrates.^) The one we looked at is Tris(o-phenylenedioxy) cyclotriphosphazene, which upon contact with an organic compound undergoes a structural change from monoclinic or triclinic to hexagonal with consequent inclusion of the organic compound into the crystal lattice. The molecular weight of this material is 459 and it requires two host molecules 21906013 -13- Ccrporace Research, 4032. 73 SR, March 6, L978 co retain one guest molecule. Its melting point is 244<;C - 2u5nC and it has the following structure: On the one guest to two host molecules premise, we have calculated a gain in weight of about 107o for toluene as the guest substance. Experimentally, under saturation conditions, we obtained weight gains in the range of 9% to 107* for all three samples of varying sizes. It must be emphasized that these results are very prelim inary . C. New Analytical Methods -- As previously mentioned, one idea we have, which incorporates a new analytical method, is the use of a quartz crystal as a sensitive micro-balance. This would lend itself to direct and fast read-outs. We may consider using a micro-processor as an analyzing unit. At this time, selling both the badge and the instrument looks attractive. D. Potential Problems -- We cannot anticipate all the prob lems that can occur in thX effort. However, besides the more obvious problems related to not achieving the "ideal" badge per formance, we have uncovered some other problems that warrant atten tion : 1) field testing - will outside firms test our badge and share their data with us? 2) certification - how do we do about getting our badge certified by N.I.O.S.H.? 3) regulated nature of market - the government really controls the rate of market expansion by intro ducing new chemicals on their list of toxic sub stances and by altering the limits of exposure of the same. 4) other means of solution - some businesses may shrink. For example, the removal of enough VCM from the resin so that the residual amount is below the threshold limit value would reduce the market for a VCM passive dosimeter. r 21906014 -U- Corporate Research, ^Q3M-73 SR, March 6, 19 7 3 5) peak exposure - how important is it to be able to detect peak exposures? Will the government make the monitoring of peak exposures a regulation? E^__Internal Use of Our Technical Results -- We feel that BFO is interested internally in the use of pas^fve dosimeters to moni tor personal exposure to dangerous chemicals. Of course, our immediate interest is with the detection of VCM. As a result of this, our main thrust will be in this area. If we do develop such a badge, the capability of in-house testing will aid us tremendously in evaluating the effectiveness of the badge. MICHAEL A. CENTANNI bl 21906015 t T -15- Corporate Research, 4032A - 7 c SR, March 6, 1978 REFERENCES 1. Schelde, E. P. and J. K. Taylor, Environ. Sci. Techno!., 8, 1097 (1974). 2. Shringarpurey, S., private communication. 3. Tompkins, Jr., F. C. and R. L. Goldsmith, Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 38, 371 (1977). 4. Braun, D. L.: Personal Monitoring of Mercury Vapor Exposures, ICESA, Vol. 2, IEEE Catalogue #75-CH 1004-1, (1976). 5. McCammon, Jr., C. S. and J. W. Woodfin, Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J., 38 , 378 (1977). 6. Abcor Development Corp., Product Bulletin, "Gasbadge^M Dosimeter for Organic Vapor" (1977). 7. Nadeau, J. S. and D. G. B. Boocock, Anal. Chem., 49, 1672 (1977). 8. Allcock, H. R., Chem. Rev., 72, 342 (1972). 21906016 F .'Vi.jH: TI