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title: "Peracetic acid (79-21-0): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Peracetic acid

CAS number

79-21-0

Also known as

Ethaneperoxoic acid · Peracetic acid and Hydrogen peroxide · Peroxyacetic acid · Peroxyacetic acid (peracetic acid) & Hydrogen peroxide

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **OSHA PV2321** / Peracetic Acid by gas chromatography GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-pv2321.pdf) | Active (pump) | Filter Cassette | GC-FID | [225-9037](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-coated-treated-filters/#part-225-9037) / [225-36](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-impingers/) / [225-22](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/biosampler/#part-225-22) |
| **Non-agency** / Peracetic acid | Active (pump) | Treated silica gel tube (& filter for hydrogen peroxide) |  | [226-193-UC](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-193-uc) / [226-199-UC](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-199-uc) / [225-9030](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-coated-treated-filters/#part-225-9030) |
| **Non-agency 57** | Active (pump) |  | MAS/HPLC-UV | [225-9030](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-coated-treated-filters/#part-225-9030) / [226-193-UC](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-193-uc) / [226-199-UC](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-silica-gel-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-199-uc) |

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/)