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To reduce the actual time demand for testing, extrapolation from shorter tests can be used. In Figure 2, approaches to the problem using rather simple approaches are presented showing the underestimation of creep compliance at long time [4]). The applied equations are ... 

It is known that the specific resistance for centrifuge cake, especially for compressible cake, is greater than that of the pressure or vacuum filter. Therefore, the specific resistance has to be measured from centrifuge tests for different cake thicknesses so as to scale up accurately for centrifuge performance. It cannot be extrapolated from pressure and vacuum filtration data. For cake thickness that is much smaller compared to the basket radius, Eq. (18-116 7) can be approximated by... 

The work index may be round experimentally from laboratoiy crushing and grinding tests or from commercial miU operations. Some rules of thumb for extrapolating the work index to conditions different from those measured are that for dry grinding the index must be increased by a factor of 1.34 over that measured in wet grinding for open-circuit operations another factor of 1.34 is required over that measured in closed circuit if the product size Xp is extrapolated below 70 [Lm, an additional correction factor is (10.3 + Xp)/l.l45X . Also for a jaw or gyratory crusher the work index may be estimated from... 

It must finally be confessed that there is at present no theory which seems to meet the most elementary test—that it be able to make valid predictions of potentially observable facts not now known, predictions not obvious by simple empirical extrapolations from presently known data. Some of the theories do not even fit very well with the facts now known. 

The few remaining discrepancies are probably due to error in the assumed relative reflecting powers. To test this, we made use of an F-curve for OF obtained by linear extrapolation from Na+ and Cf, and one for Tii+ from CF and K+. These F-curves (which are not reproduced here because of uncertainty in their derivation) lead to structure factors which are, for the same final parameter values, also in good but not complete agreement with the observed intensities. Possibly somewhat different F-curves (corresponding to non-linear extrapolation) would give better agreement, but because of the arbitrariness of this procedure no attempt was made to utilize it. 

NOAEL In this example, 18r NOAEL is the critical end point for which an intermediate inhalation exposure MRL is based. As you can see from the LSE figure key, the open-circle symbol indicates to a NOAEL for the test species-rat. The key number 18 corresponds to the entry in the LSE table. The dashed descending arrow indicates the extrapolation from the exposure level of 3 ppm (see entry 18 in the Table) to the MRL of 0.005 ppm (see footnote "b" in the LSE table). 

In the case of noncarcinogenic substances, there exists a threshold this is an exposure with a dose below which there would not be adverse effect on the population that is exposed. This is the reference dose (RfD), and it is defined as the daily exposure of a human population without appreciable effects during a lifetime. The RfD value is calculated by dividing the no observed effect level (NOEL) by uncertainty factors. When NOEL is unknown, the lowest observed effect level (LOEL) is used. NOEL and LOEL are usually obtained in animal studies. The main uncertainty factor, usually tenfold, used to calculate the RfD are the following the variations in interspecies (from animal test to human), presence of sensitive individuals (child and old people), extrapolation from subchronic to chronic, and the use of LOEL instead of NOEL. Noncancer risk is assessed through the comparison of the dose exposed calculated in the exposure assessment and the RfD. The quotient between both, called in some studies as hazard quotient, is commonly calculated (Eq. 2). According to this equation, population with quotient >1 will be at risk to develop some specific effect related to the contaminant of concern. 

Steinhausler (1987) and Martell (1987) review the dosimetric models and related model studies. Their view is that there are still very large uncertainties in the existing data and in the extrapolation from the exposure and response data for underground miners and experimental animals to the health effects of the radon progeny levels to which the general public is exposed. B.L. Cohen (1987) describes his work to relate radon measurements with lung cancer rates for various geographical areas to test the concept of a dose threshold. 

The 8-h no-effect mean geometric concentration of 1 ppm (with excursions up to 6 ppm) from the Leeser et al. (1990) study was used as the basis for time scaling the AEGL-1 values. This study was chosen because it was well conducted all workers had full medical examinations and routine blood tests, including measurements of blood cyanide and carboxyhemoglobin. Atmospheric HCN concentrations were monitored in the plant several times during the year. Because of the extrapolation from a long-term exposure, the... 

Structural and biochemical differences exist between test animals and humans that make extrapolation from one to the other difficult. 

Warnings are often given that acceleration factors for relating artificial light sources with service are meaningless, because of both the variation in solar irradiation and the variation in spectral distribution. Regardless of this, acceleration factors are estimated, and indeed have to be if any extrapolation from accelerated tests is to be made. 

Accelerated testing depends critically on selecting a parameter whose effect on service life is so well understood that long lifetimes at low values of the parameter can be predicted from shorter lifetimes at higher values. The parameter may be the prime cause of degradation, such as in a stress-rupture test where longer lifetimes at lower loads are predicted by extrapolation from short lifetimes at higher loads. It can also be a secondary parameter, such as when temperature is increased to accelerate chemical attack while the principal factor, chemical concentration, is kept constant. This is because there is more confidence in the relation between rate of reaction and temperature than in the relation of rate of reaction to concentration. It is clearly essential that extrapolation rules from the test conditions to those of service are known and have been verified, such that they can be used with confidence. 

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