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title: "Cobalt acetate (71-48-7): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Cobalt acetate

CAS number

71-48-7

Also known as

Cobalt (II) acetate · Cobaltous acetate

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 91/2** / Metals & metalloids by XRF / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs91-2.pdf) | Active (pump) | IOM or cyclone with 0.8µm MCE filter |  | [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-19](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-19) |
| **NIOSH 7027** / Cobalt & compounds by AAS / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/7027.pdf) | Active (pump) | 0.8µm MCE filter in preloaded cassette |  | [225-3-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-3-01) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |
| **OSHA ID 125G** | Active (pump) |  | ICP-AES | [225-3-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-3-01) / [225-3100](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-3100) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |
| **OSHA ID-125G** / Metals & metalloid particulates by ICP / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/id125g.pdf) | Active (pump) | 0.8µm MCE filter in 25mm or 37mm cassette |  | [225-3100](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-3100) / [225-3-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-3-01) / [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/)