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title: "Benzaldehyde (100-52-7): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# 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

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 102** / Aldehydes by HPLC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs102.pdf) | Active (pump) | Coated Glass fibre filters OR coated silica gel tube |  | [225-9003](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-coated-treated-filters/#part-225-9003) / [226-119](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-119) / [226-120](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-120) |
| **MDHS 102** / Aldehydes by HPLC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs102.pdf) | Passive | Passive sampler |  | [500-100](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-umex-100-passive-sampler-for-formaldehyde/#part-500-100) |
| **NIOSH 2549** / VOCs (screening) by thermal desorption and GC -MS / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2549.pdf) | Active (pump) | Thermal desorption tube |  | [226-330](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-thermal-desorption-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-330) |
| **ASTM D5197** / Formaldehyde & other carbonyl compounds by HPLC -UV / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.astm.org/Standards/D5197.htm) | Active (pump) | Treated silica gel tube | HPLC-UV | [226-119](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-119) / [226-120](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-120) |
| **Non-agency** / Benzaldehyde by Colorimetric analysis | Direct-reading | Gastec detector tube |  | [810-91L](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gastec-colour-gas-detector-tubes/#part-gst-91l) |
| **Other** | Passive |  | HPLC-UV | [500-100](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-umex-100-passive-sampler-for-formaldehyde/#part-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)](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/)