Steve’s Technical Corner
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The Effects of Temperature, Air Velocity, Humidity, Pressure, and Particulates on Badge Results
Assay Technology badges have been validated to work as claimed under normal office working conditions. For example, from our Acetic Acid badge (543) technical insert: Effect of Temperature: Effect on result < 5% within 0 – 50 C (32 – 122 F). Effect of Humidity: Functions as claimed within 10 – 80% RH. Accuracy (MTE): Read More …
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Can I use badges for less than 15 minutes or greater than 8 hours?
How Often Do I Have to Monitor?
Our customer service team receives many calls from customers needing a little technical support. Not surprisingly, some questions are more common than others. The most common? Which Organic Vapor Badge should I use: 525, 546 or the 566? (See my earlier post) How do I read my report? (See Lab Report FAQs) How often do Read More …
Are the results on my report a Time Weighted Average (TWA)?
This is one of the most frequently asked questions by customers once they receive their report. The answer is your result is most definitely a TWA. Which means the result is the average concentration for the period of time that you performed the sampling. However, what almost everyone is really asking is “Is my result an 8 Read More …
Which Organic Monitor should I use?
This is actually a more difficult question than it would seem. Let’s take the least complex situation. You are monitoring for one chemical for 15 to 480 minutes. To determine which is the best monitor, go to our Sampling Guide. We have bolded the chemical/badge combination we recommend. Easy, right? These recommendations are primarily based on Read More …