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1,1,2-Trichloroethane

CAS number
79-00-5
Also known as
1,1,2-Trichloroethane (hydrocarbons, halogenated) · 1,1,2-Trichloroethane (see online Passive Sampling Guide) · Vinyl trichloride · β-Trichloroethane

UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

Sampling methods

MethodSamplingMedium AnalysisPart numbers
MDHS 72 Active (pump) TD, GC 226-358
MDHS 72
VOCs by thermal desorption and GC
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Active (pump) Tenax thermal desorption tube (250mg) 226-357
MDHS 88
VOCs by solvent desorption and GC
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Passive Passive sampler GC-FID 575-001
MDHS 96
VOCs by solvent desorption and GC
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Active (pump) Charcoal tube (100/50mg) GC-FID 226-01
MDHS 104
VOCs by solvent desorption and GC
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Active (pump) Charcoal tube (100/50mg) 226-01
NIOSH 1003
Halogenated hydrocarbons by GC-FID
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Active (pump) Charcoal tube (100/50mg) GC-FID 226-01
OSHA 11
1,1,2-Trichloroethane by GC-FID
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Active (pump) Charcoal tube (100/50mg) GC-FID 226-01
ASTM D 5466 GC-MS
EPA TO-17
VOCs by thermal desorption and GC
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Active (pump) Two Thermal Desorption tubes TD, GC 226-350
226-347
224-26-02
224-26-CPC
Non-agency
1,1,2-Trichloroethane by Colorimetric analysis
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Direct-reading Gastec detector tube 810-135
Non-agency
VOCs by thermal desorption and GC
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Passive Anasorb GCB1 (370mg) passive sampler 690-101
Other Passive GC-FID 575-001
Other Passive TD, GC 690-101
Other Internal Passive GC-FID 690-105

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Source: SKC Ltd (UK), Hazard Search, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab); SKC Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)