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

CAS number

No CAS number

Also known as

Ketones (screening) · See individual compounds

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **NIOSH 1300** / Ketones by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/1300.pdf) | Active (pump) | Sorbent Tube |  | [226-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/) |
| **NIOSH 1301** / Ketones by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/1301.pdf) | Active (pump) | Charcoal tube (100/50mg) |  | [226-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/) |
| **NIOSH 2549** / Volatile Organic Compounds (Screening) by GC -MS / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2549.pdf) | Active (pump) | Sorbent Tube | GC-MS | [226-330](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-thermal-desorption-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-330) |
| **NIOSH 2553** / Ketones by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2553.pdf) | Active (pump) | Anasorb CMS tube (150/75mg) |  |  |
| **NIOSH 2555** / Ketones (II) by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2555.pdf) | Active (pump) | Anasorb CMS tube (150/75mg) |  |  |
| **EPA TO-5** | Active (pump) |  | HPLC-UV | [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) |

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/)