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title: "Tetraethyl lead (78-00-2): exposure limits and sampling"
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Hazard search

# Tetraethyl lead

CAS number

78-00-2

Also known as

Tetraethyl lead (as Pb) · Tetraethylplumbane

## UK workplace exposure limits

Our data hold no UK limit for this substance.

## Sampling methods

| Method | Sampling | Medium | Analysis | Part numbers |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **MDHS 91/2** / Metals & metalloids by XRF / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/mdhs/pdfs/mdhs91-2.pdf) | Active (pump) | IOM with 0.8µm MCE filter |  | [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-19](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-19) |
| **NIOSH 2533** / Tetraethyl lead by GC -PID / [Method document (opens in a new tab)](http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2003-154/pdfs/2533.pdf) | Active (pump) | XAD-2 tube (100/50mg) | GC-PID | [226-30-04](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/skc-xad-sorbent-tubes/#part-226-30-04) |
| **Other** | Active (pump) |  | AA | [225-70A](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/haz-dust-7204-particulate-monitor/#part-225-70a) / [225-1930](https://analyt-mtc.com/catalog/product/mixed-cellulose-ester-membrane-filters/#part-225-1930) |

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/)