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title: "Fluorine (7782-41-4): exposure limits and sampling"
url: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/fluorine-7782-41-4/
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Hazard search

# Fluorine

CAS number

7782-41-4

Also known as

F

## UK workplace exposure limits

| Limit | Value | Applies to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 8-hour TWA | 1 ppm |  |
| 8-hour TWA | 1.6 mg/m³ |  |
| 15-minute STEL | 1 ppm |  |
| 15-minute STEL | 1.6 mg/m³ |  |

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **OSHA CSI** | Active (pump) |  | CLR | [225-36-2](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-impingers/#part-225-36-2) / [225-36-5](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-impingers/#part-225-36-5) / [225-22](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/biosampler/#part-225-22) |
| **OSHA ID 110^** | Active (pump) |  | ISE | [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 ID-110** / Fluoride (F- & Hf) In Workplace Atmospheres ISE / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-id110.pdf) | Active (pump) | Impinger |  | [225-36-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-impingers/#part-225-36-1) / [225-22](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/biosampler/#part-225-22) |
| **Non-agency** / Fluorine by Colorimetric analysis | Direct-reading | Gastec detector tube |  | [810-17](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gastec-colour-gas-detector-tubes/#part-gst-17) |

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/)