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title: "Biphenyl (92-52-4): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Biphenyl

CAS number

92-52-4

Also known as

Biphenyl (diphenyl) · Dibenzene · Diphenyl · Diphenyl (Biphenyl) · Diphenyl ether · Phenylbenzene

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 96** / VOCs by solvent desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs96.pdf) | Active (pump) | Tenax tube (20/10mg) |  | [226-35-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-35-01) |
| **NIOSH 2530** / Diphenyl by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2530.pdf) | Active (pump) | Tenac GC tube (20/10mg) | GC-FID | [226-35-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-35-01) |
| **OSHA PV2022** / Diphenyl, Phenyl ether & Phenyl-Biphenyl mixture by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-pv2022.pdf) | Active (pump) | XAD-7 tube (100/50mg) | GC-FID | [226-95](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-xad-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-95) |
| **ASTM D4861-23** / Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Air / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.astm.org/d4861-23.html) | Active (pump) | Low Volume PUF Tube |  | [226-92](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-92) |

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/)