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Benzaldehyde

CAS number
100-52-7
Also known as
Artificial almond oil · Benzoic aldehyde · phenyl methanal

UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

Sampling methods

MethodSamplingMedium AnalysisPart numbers
MDHS 102
Aldehydes by HPLC
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Active (pump) Coated Glass fibre filters OR coated silica gel tube 225-9003
226-119
226-120
MDHS 102
Aldehydes by HPLC
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Passive Passive sampler 500-100
NIOSH 2549
VOCs (screening) by thermal desorption and GC -MS
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Active (pump) Thermal desorption tube 226-330
ASTM D5197
Formaldehyde & other carbonyl compounds by HPLC -UV
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Active (pump) Treated silica gel tube HPLC-UV 226-119
226-120
Non-agency
Benzaldehyde by Colorimetric analysis
Direct-reading Gastec detector tube 810-91L
Other Passive HPLC-UV 500-100

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); SKC Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)