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title: "Particulates, total: exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Particulates, total

CAS number

No CAS number

Also known as

Dust, total · Particulates, total (see specific compounds)

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **NIOSH 0500** | Active (pump) |  | GR | [225-5-37-P](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gla-5000-pvc-membrane-filters/#part-225-5-37-p) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) / [225-2LF](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/sureseal-cassette-blanks/#part-225-2lf) |
| **NIOSH 0501** | Active (pump) |  | GR | [225-8516GLA](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gla-5000-pvc-membrane-filters/#part-225-8516gla) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) / [225-2LF](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/sureseal-cassette-blanks/#part-225-2lf) |
| **OSHA PV2121** | Active (pump) |  | GR | [225-8204A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gla-5000-pvc-membrane-filters/#part-225-8204a) / [225-1](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-1) |

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 Inc. (USA), Sampling Guides, used with SKC's permission (opens in a new tab)](https://international.skcinc.com/sampling-guides/)