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title: "Mirex (2385-85-5): exposure limits and sampling — Analyt-MTC"
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Hazard search

# Mirex

CAS number

2385-85-5

Also known as

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene dimer · Perchloropentacyclodecane

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **ASTM D4861-23** / Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Air / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.astm.org/d4861-23.html) | Active (pump) | Low Volume PUF Tube |  | 225-92 |

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)