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title: "Nitroglycerin (628-96-6): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Nitroglycerin

CAS number

628-96-6

Also known as

1,2,3-Propanetriol trinitrate · 1,2-Ethanediol dinitrate · Ethylene glycol dinitrate · Ethylene glycol dinitrate (EGDN) · Glycerol trinitrate

## 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) | Tenax tube (100/50mg) |  | [226-35-03](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-35-03) |
| **NIOSH 2507** / Nitroglycerin by GC-ECD / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2507NIT.pdf) | Active (pump) | Tenax GC tube (100/50mg) | GC-ECD | [226-35-03](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-35-03) |
| **OSHA 43** / Ethylene glycol dinitrate & Nitroglycerin by LC -TEA or HPLC/UV / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-43.pdf) | Active (pump) | Tenax-GC tube (100/50mg) | HPLC-TEA | [226-35-03](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-35-03) |

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/)