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title: "Isobutyraldehyde (78-84-2): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Isobutyraldehyde

CAS number

78-84-2

Also known as

2-Methyl-1-propanal · 2-Methylpropanal · Isobutanal · Isobutyraldehyde (Aldehydes, Screening) · α-Methylpropionaldehyde

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **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) |
| **Other** | Passive |  | HPLC-UV | [500-100](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-umex-100-passive-sampler-for-formaldehyde/#part-500-100) |

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/)