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title: "m-Nitrotoluene (99-08-1): exposure limits and sampling"
url: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/m-nitrotoluene-99-08-1/
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Hazard search

# m-Nitrotoluene

CAS number

99-08-1

Also known as

3-Methylnitrobenzene · 3-Nitrotoluene · m-Nitrotoluene (3-Nitrotoluene) · meta-Nitrotoluene

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 96** / VOCs by solvent desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs96.pdf) | Active (pump) | Silica gel tube (150/75mg) |  | [226-10](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-10) |
| **NIOSH 2005** / Nitroaromatic compounds by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2005.pdf) | Active (pump) | Silica gel tube (150/75mg) | GC-FID | [226-10](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-10) |

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/)