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title: "Pentachlorophenol (87-86-5): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Pentachlorophenol

CAS number

87-86-5

Also known as

1-Hydroxypentachlorobenzene · Chlorophen

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **NIOSH 5512** / Pentachlorophenol by HPLC/UV / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/5512.pdf) | Active (pump) | 0.8µm MCE filter with fritted impinger | HPLC-UV | [225-5](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/disposable-parallel-particle-impactors/#part-225-5) / [225-26](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/disposable-parallel-particle-impactors/#part-225-26) / [225-3LF](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/aluminium-respirable-dust-cyclone/#part-225-3lf) / [225-36-2](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-impingers/#part-225-36-2) / [225-22](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/biosampler/#part-225-22) |
| **OSHA 39** / Pentachlorophenol by HPLC/UV / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-39.pdf) | Active (pump) | Set of three XAD-7 tubes (175mg), one specially cleaned | HPLC-UV | [226-97](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-xad-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-97) |
| **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 |  | [226-92](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-polyurethane-foam-puf-tubes/#part-226-92) |

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