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title: "Crotonaldehyde (4170-30-3): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Crotonaldehyde

CAS number

4170-30-3

Also known as

2-Butenal · Crotonaldehyde (Aldehydes, Screening) · Crotonaldehyde, mixture of cis and trans

## 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 2539** / Aldehydes (screening) by GC-FID /MS / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2539.pdf) | Active (pump) | Coated XAD-2 tube (120/60mg) | GC-FID & GC-MS | [226-118](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-xad-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-118) |
| **NIOSH 3516** / Crotonaldehyde by DPP / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/3516.pdf) | Active (pump) | Fritted midget impinger | DPP | [225-36-2](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-impingers/#part-225-36-2) / [225-22](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/biosampler/#part-225-22) |
| **OSHA 81** / Crotonaldehyde by HPLC/UV / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-81.pdf) | Active (pump) | Two coated glass fibre filters in cassette | HPLC-UV | [225-9019](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-coated-treated-filters/#part-225-9019) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |
| **ASTM D5197** / Formaldehyde & other carbonyl compounds by HPLC (estimated) / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.astm.org/Standards/D5197.htm) | Active (pump) | Coated 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) |

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/)