Operations and Risk Handling, mixing or measuring liquid suspensions of nanomaterials when there is the potential for aerosolization of dried liquids

Controls

• Ventilated Laboratory Hood or local exhaust enclosure
• Latex or nitrile clean room gloves
• Wet cleaning of laboratory hood surfaces or local exhaust enclosure following conclusion of handling operations

Additional resources:

• Guidelines for reporting relevant parameters related to the preparion of nanoparticle dispersions (177 Kb), NIST-CEINT
• Guidelines for the preparation of nanoparticle dispersions by use of sonication (368 Kb), NIST-CEINT