NIOSH Mining Laboratory
Toxic Fumes Laboratory (Surface) |
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| The Bichel Gauge is used to determine the IME fumes class of high explosives |
The surface Toxic Fumes Laboratory houses facilities for determining the toxic fumes produced by high explosives. The laboratory contains a variety of equipment for measuring the fumes produced by new candidate permissible explosives pursurant to approval by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, for measuring the fumes produced by other high explosives pursuant to determination of their IME fumes class, and for studying the effect of explosives composition and other factors on toxic fumes production.
Site: Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
Equipment: Large Fumes Chamber , Large Spherical Explosion Chamber