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title: "Acetophenone (98-86-2): exposure limits and sampling"
url: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/acetophenone-98-86-2/
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Hazard search

# Acetophenone

CAS number

98-86-2

Also known as

1-Phenylethanone · Acetylbenzene · ACP · Phenyl methyl ketone · α-Acetophenone

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **OSHA PV2003** / Acetophenone by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-pv2003.pdf) | Active (pump) | Tenax GC tube (30/15mg) | GC-FID | [226-35](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-35) |

Methods and limits as published by their agencies and summarised by SKC; check the current method and the limit that applies to you before sampling.

Source: [SKC Ltd (UK), Hazard Search, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://www.skcltd.com/hazard-search.html); [SKC Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://international.skcinc.com/sampling-guides/)