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title: "Asbestos (132207-33-1): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Asbestos

CAS number

132207-33-1

Also known as

Amosite · Chrysotile · Crocidolite · Fibrous actinolite · Fibrous anthophyllite · Fibrous tremolite · Grunerite

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS HSG248** / Fibres in air by PCM / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg248.pdf) | Active (pump) | 0.8µm or 1.2µm gridded MCE filter in cowled head |  | [225-1913](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/asbestos-sampling/#part-225-1913) / 225-60F / [225-54](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/asbestos-sampling/#part-225-54) |
| **NIOSH 7400** / Asbestos & other fibres by PCM / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/7400.pdf) | Active (pump) | BestChek cassette for PCM |  | [225-321](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/bestchek-asbestos-cassettes/#part-225-321) / [225-321A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/bestchek-asbestos-cassettes/#part-225-321a) / [225-326](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/bestchek-asbestos-cassettes/#part-225-326) |
| **NIOSH 7402** / Asbestos by TEM / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/7402.pdf) | Active (pump) | BestChek cassette for TEM |  | [225-327](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/bestchek-asbestos-cassettes/#part-225-327) |
| **OSHA ID-160** / Asbestos by PCM / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-id160.pdf) | Active (pump) | BestChek cassette for PCM |  | [225-321](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/bestchek-asbestos-cassettes/#part-225-321) / 225-31A / [225-326](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/bestchek-asbestos-cassettes/#part-225-326) |
| **ASTM D5755** / Asbestos (structure number concentrations) by TEM - WITHDRAWN, provided for Historical Reference Only / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.astm.org/Standards/D5755.htm) | Active (pump) | BestChek microvacuum cassette for TEM |  | [225-322](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/bestchek-asbestos-cassettes/#part-225-322) |

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)