Testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments
The use of ammunition primed with depleted uranium is one of the hallmarks of modern combat operations, resulting in environmental contamination by particles of depleted uranium and uranium oxide, scattered around in the form of submicron-scale aerosols. This paper examined the protective effecti...
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| author | Rajić Dušan S. Ivanković Negovan D. Ivanković Nataša D. Ilić Marina S. Senić Željko B. Pajić Nataša D. |
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| description | The use of ammunition primed with depleted uranium is one of the hallmarks of modern combat operations, resulting in environmental contamination by particles of depleted uranium and uranium oxide, scattered around in the form of submicron-scale aerosols. This paper examined the protective effectiveness of the Serbian military's M3 protective face mask in relation to the presence of airborne depleted uranium and its by-products. Sodium chloride in solid aerosol form was used as a test substance and adequate physical simulator of such radioactive aerosols because its granulometric (particle) size distribution met the requirements of suitability as a simulator. Determination of aerosol concentration was carried out by flame photometry method, whilst granulometric distribution was determined by an electric particles analyzer. It was established that the total internal leakage of the M3 protective mask was as much a function of the penetration of particles through the combined M3 filter as of the leaks along the fitting line of the user's face mask and the inhalation valve. In terms of its protective effect against aerosols of depleted uranium and associated oxides, the Serbian M3 protective mask was determined to be of high efficiency and physiological suitability. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR34034] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a694c42760264fe382cf980ab4536d3c2022-12-22T00:02:34ZengVINCA Institute of Nuclear SciencesNuclear Technology and Radiation Protection1451-39942013-01-0128110210710.2298/NTRP1301102RTesting the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environmentsRajić Dušan S.Ivanković Negovan D.Ivanković Nataša D.Ilić Marina S.Senić Željko B.Pajić Nataša D.The use of ammunition primed with depleted uranium is one of the hallmarks of modern combat operations, resulting in environmental contamination by particles of depleted uranium and uranium oxide, scattered around in the form of submicron-scale aerosols. This paper examined the protective effectiveness of the Serbian military's M3 protective face mask in relation to the presence of airborne depleted uranium and its by-products. Sodium chloride in solid aerosol form was used as a test substance and adequate physical simulator of such radioactive aerosols because its granulometric (particle) size distribution met the requirements of suitability as a simulator. Determination of aerosol concentration was carried out by flame photometry method, whilst granulometric distribution was determined by an electric particles analyzer. It was established that the total internal leakage of the M3 protective mask was as much a function of the penetration of particles through the combined M3 filter as of the leaks along the fitting line of the user's face mask and the inhalation valve. In terms of its protective effect against aerosols of depleted uranium and associated oxides, the Serbian M3 protective mask was determined to be of high efficiency and physiological suitability. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. TR34034]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1451-3994/2013/1451-39941301102R.pdfdepleted uraniumaerosolsprotective maskfilter |
| spellingShingle | Rajić Dušan S. Ivanković Negovan D. Ivanković Nataša D. Ilić Marina S. Senić Željko B. Pajić Nataša D. Testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection depleted uranium aerosols protective mask filter |
| title | Testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments |
| title_full | Testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments |
| title_fullStr | Testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments |
| title_short | Testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments |
| title_sort | testing the protective efficiency of personal respiratory protection devices in radiologically contaminated environments |
| topic | depleted uranium aerosols protective mask filter |
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