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title: "Carbon black (1333-86-4): exposure limits and sampling"
url: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/carbon-black-1333-86-4/
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Hazard search

# Carbon black

CAS number

1333-86-4

Also known as

Acetylene black · Carbon soot · Coal soot · Furnace black

## UK workplace exposure limits

| Limit | Value | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8-hour TWA | 3.5 mg/m³ |  |
| 15-minute STEL | 7 mg/m³ |  |

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 14/4** / General inhalable or respirable dusts by gravimetric analysis (total inhalable) / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs14-4.pdf) | Active (pump) | IOM and GF filter | GR | [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-58F](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/glass-fibre-depth-filters/#part-225-58f) |
| **NIOSH 5000** / Carbon black by Gravimetric analysis / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/5000.pdf) | Active (pump) | 5µm PVC filter with screen in cassette | GR | [225-5-37-P](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gla-5000-pvc-membrane-filters/#part-225-5-37-p) / [225-26](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/disposable-parallel-particle-impactors/#part-225-26) / [225-3LF](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-3lf) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |
| **OSHA ID 196** | Active (pump) |  | GR | [225-5-37-P](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gla-5000-pvc-membrane-filters/#part-225-5-37-p) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) / [225-2LF](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/sureseal-cassette-blanks/#part-225-2lf) |
| **OSHA ID-196** / Carbon black by Gravimetric analysis / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-id196.pdf) | Active (pump) | 37mm PVC filter in cassette |  | [225-5-37-P](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gla-5000-pvc-membrane-filters/#part-225-5-37-p) / [225-2LF](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/sureseal-cassette-blanks/#part-225-2lf) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |

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/)