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title: "Carbon, activated (7440-44-0): exposure limits and sampling"
url: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/carbon-activated-7440-44-0/
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Hazard search

# Carbon, activated

CAS number

7440-44-0

Also known as

Activated charcoal · Carbon, activated (Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated, total) · Elemental carbon (diesel exhaust)

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **NIOSH 5040** | Active (pump) |  | TOA-FID | [225-401](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-401) / [225-100](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gs-3-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-100) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |
| **MSHA** | Active (pump) |  | EGA-TOS | [225-317](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-317) / [225-105](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gs-1-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-105) |
| **Other** |  |  |  |  |

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/)