Terminology Pt 4

Question 0

Viscosity

Answer 0

“Measure thickness of liquid” determines how easy it flows

Question 1

Vesicants (blister agents)

Answer 1

“Extremely toxic” with symptoms not showing for minutes, hours, days

Question 2

Volatility

Answer 2

Liquid or solid can pass through a vapor state. Air expansion endangered area.

Question 3

Counts per minute (CPM)

Answer 3

Measure of radioactivity

Question 4

Immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH)

Answer 4

Maximum level hazard material. Level A or B preferred as well as SCBA or SAR

Question 5

Incubation period

Answer 5

Exposure to pathogen and onset of systems

Question 6

Infectious dose

Answer 6

Amount of pathogen necessary to manifest pathogenicity

Question 7

Lethal concentration

Answer 7

“Inhalation” know to kill 50 test animals in specific time frame

Question 8

Lethal dose

Answer 8

Other than inhalation

Question 9

Parts per million

Answer 9

Ratio of amount of one substance in another

Question 10

Parts per billion

Answer 10

Units of one substance

Question 11

Permissible exposure limit (PEL)

Answer 11

Maximum concentration, average 8 hrs, which 95% of adults can be repeatedly exposed for 8hrs/40hrs week

Question 12

Radiation absorbed dose

Answer 12

Obsolete unit of absorbed radiation

Question 13

Roentgen equiva man

Answer 13

Bio effect as 1 rad, X-rays or gamma rays. Bio damage, absorbed dose of radiation