Abstract
Vertically mounted cylinders circled by adhesive-coated paper have been used by the Cincinnati Division of Air Pollution Control for collecting atmospheric dusts since 1955. Realizing the potential application of this method, a U. S. Public Health Service (Division of Air Pollution) Research Grant was obtained to support the development of standard criteria for particulate sampling by adhesive-coated materials. During the first year of the project, considerable effort was devoted to the selection of the sample holder which would provide optimum effectiveness in the collection of particles over 20 microns in diameter. The results of this work clearly indicate that a cylinder wrapped with a selected commercially available adhesive paper provides an effective atmospheric sampler for nuisance dusts.