Respirator

An air-purifying mask is worn to protect the wearer from dust and paint fumes.

A respirator is a kind of mask that is used to protect someone from breathing in dusts, fumes, or gases that might hurt them. Respirators come in many types and sizes. They are used by the military and industrial workers.

Respirator Media

White, disposable Standard N95 filtering facepiece respirator
Lab worker wearing a powered air-purifying respirator
Types of respirators by physical form. Click to enlarge.
Workplace protection factor (PF) of filtering facepiece, measured in real time with two optical dust meters. In-facepiece dust concentration is changed dozens of times in a matter of minutes due to changes of the size of the gaps between the mask and face.
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Expedition 64 Crew Qualification Exams (NHQ202009220008)
A simple Dräger escape respirator. This model has no hood, and instead comes with noseclips to ensure the wearer breathes only through the filter.
A video describing N95 certification testing
Combined gas and particulate respirator filter, type BKF (БКФ), for protection against acid gases. It has a transparent body and a special sorbent that changes color upon saturation.

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