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title: "Elemental carbon: exposure limits and sampling — Analyt-MTC"
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# Elemental carbon

CAS number

No CAS number

Also known as

Diesel emissions · Diesel exhaust · Diesel exhaust emissions(DEE) · Diesel particulate matter (DPM) · Soot

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **NIOSH 5040** / Diesel particulate matter (as elemental carbon) by TOT-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/5040.pdf) | Active (pump) | DPM cassette with cyclone or preloaded cassette with quartz filters |  | [225-401](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-401) / [225-317](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-317) / [225-68](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-68) |
| **ASTM D6877** / Diesel particulate matter by EGA-TOS / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.astm.org/Standards/D6877.htm) | Active (pump) | DPM cassette with cyclone or preloaded cassette with quartz filters |  | [225-317](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-317) / [225-68](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-68) / [225-401](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/diesel-particulate-matter-dpm-cyclone/#part-225-401) |

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)