--- title: "Styrene (100-42-5): exposure limits and sampling" url: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/styrene-100-42-5/ lang: en alternates: en: https://analyt-mtc.com/tools/hazard-search/styrene-100-42-5/ de: https://analyt-mtc.com/de/tools/gefahrstoffsuche/styrene-100-42-5/ --- Hazard search # Styrene CAS number 100-42-5 Also known as Ethenylbenzene · Phenylethylene · Styrene (phenylethylene) · Styrene (phenylethylene) (Hydrocarbons, Aromatic) · Styrene (phenylethylene) (see online Passive Sampling Guide) · Vinylbenzene ## UK workplace exposure limits | Limit | Value | Applies to | | --- | --- | --- | | 8-hour TWA | 100 ppm | | | 8-hour TWA | 430 mg/m³ | | | 15-minute STEL | 250 ppm | | | 15-minute STEL | 1080 mg/m³ | | ## Sampling methods | Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **MDHS 72** / VOCs by thermal desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs72.pdf) | Active (pump) | Tenax thermal desorption tube (250mg) | TD, GC | [226-357](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-357) | | **MDHS 80** | Active (pump) | | TD, GC | [226-357](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-357) | | **MDHS 88** / VOCs by solvent desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs88.pdf) | Passive | Passive sampler | GC-FID | [575-002](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-organic-vapour-passive-samplers/#part-575-002) / [575-006](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-organic-vapour-passive-samplers/#part-575-006) | | **MDHS 96** / VOCs by solvent desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs96.pdf) | Active (pump) | Charcoal tube (100/50mg) | GC-FID | [226-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/) | | **MDHS 104** / VOCs by solvent desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs104.pdf) | Active (pump) | Charcoal tube (100/50mg) | | [226-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/) | | **MDHS 104** / VOCs by thermal desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs104.pdf) | Active (pump) | Tenax TD tube (250mg) | | [226-357](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-tenax-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-357) | | **NIOSH 1501** / Hydrocarbons (aromatic) by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/1501.pdf) | Active (pump) | Charcoal tube (100/50mg) | GC-FID | [226-01](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/) | | **OSHA 89** / Divinyl benzene, Ethylvinyl benzene & Styrene by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-89.pdf) | Active (pump) | Coated charcoal tube (100/50mg) | GC-FID | [226-73](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-73) | | **OSHA 1014** / Styrene by GC-FID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/methods/osha-1014.pdf) | Passive | Passive sampler | HPLC-UV | [575-006](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-organic-vapour-passive-samplers/#part-575-006) | | **ASTM D5466** / VOCs by GC -MS / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.astm.org/Standards/D5466.htm) | Active (pump) | Canister | GC-MS | | | **EPA TO-17** | Active (pump) | | TD, GC | [226-350](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-350) / [226-347](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-347) / [224-26-02](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-gas-and-vapour-sampling-accessories/#part-224-26-02) / [224-26-CPC](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-gas-and-vapour-sampling-accessories/#part-224-26-cpc) | | **EPA TO-17** / VOCs by thermal desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/documents/to-17r.pdf) | Active (pump) | Two Thermal Desorption tubes | | | | **EPA TO-17** / Toxic Organic Compounds by thermal desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic/files/ambient/airtox/to-17r.pdf) | Passive | Passive sampler | | | | **Non-agency** / Vinyl benzene by Colorimetric analysis | Direct-reading | Gastec detector tube | | [810-124](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gastec-colour-gas-detector-tubes/#part-gst-124) / [810-124L](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gastec-colour-gas-detector-tubes/#part-gst-124l) / [810-153](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gastec-colour-gas-detector-tubes/#part-gst-153) | | **Non-agency** / VOCs by solvent extraction and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.skcltd.com/images/pdfs/ULTRA_Selection_Guide_April_2017.pdf) | Passive | Anasorb CSC (500mg) passive sampler | | [690-105](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-105) | | **Non-agency** / VOCs by thermal desorption and GC / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](https://www.skcltd.com/images/pdfs/ULTRA_Selection_Guide_April_2017.pdf) | Passive | Anasorb GBC1 (370mg) or Chromosorb 106 (285 mg) or Tenax TA (265 mg) passive sampler | | [690-101](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-101) / [690-103](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-103) / [690-104](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-104) | | **Non-agency** / Styrene by Colorimetric analysis | Passive | Gastec Dosi-tube | | [810-122DL](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gastec-passive-dosi-tubes/#part-gst-122dl) | | **Non-agency 54** | Active (pump) | | GC-FID | [226-81A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-anasorb-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-81a) | | **Other** | Passive | | GC-FID | [575-002](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-organic-vapour-passive-samplers/#part-575-002) | | **Other** | Passive | | GC-FID | [575-006](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-organic-vapour-passive-samplers/#part-575-006) | | **Other** | Passive | | TD, GC | [690-101](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-101) / [690-103](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-103) / [690-104](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-104) | | **Other** | Passive | | GC-FID | [690-105](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-105) | | **Other** | Passive | | DR | [810-122DL](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/gastec-passive-dosi-tubes/#part-gst-122dl) | | **Other Internal** | Passive | | TD, GC | [690-101](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-101) / [690-103](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-103) / [690-104](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-104) | | **Other Internal** | Passive | | GC-FID | [690-105](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-ultra-passive-samplers/#part-690-105) | 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/)