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title: "Silica, crystalline: exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Silica, crystalline

CAS number

No CAS number

Also known as

Silica, crystalline (respirable)

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 14/4** | Active (pump) |  | GR | [225-69](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/plastic-cyclone/#part-225-69) / [225-5-25](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/button-sampler/#part-225-5-25) / [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-772](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/iom-sampler/#part-225-772) |
| **MDHS 101/2** | Active (pump) |  | IR / XRD | [225-69](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/plastic-cyclone/#part-225-69) / [225-5-25](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/button-sampler/#part-225-5-25) / [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-772](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/iom-sampler/#part-225-772) |

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/)