| Document ID (ISN) | 111550 |
| CIS number |
11-0230 |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
RR646
|
| Author(s) |
Coldwell M.
Health and Safety Executive |
| Title |
Field validation of improved sampling methods for airborne cyanoacrylates |
| Bibliographic information |
HSE Books, P.O. Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2WA, United Kingdom, 2008. vi, 17p. Illus. 2 ref. |
| Internet access |
RR646.pdf [in English]
|
| Abstract |
The Health and Safety Laboratory has developed revised sampling methods for ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate and methyl-2-cyanoacrylate following the introduction of a 0.3 ppm short-term exposure limit (see RR645, ISN 111549). This report describes a field validation exercise undertaken to assess these improved cyanoacrylate sampling methods. A three-site, four visit field validation exercise has been carried out. The sites visited were a Police scene-of-crime laboratory, an automotive loudspeaker manufacturer and a producer of adhesives which was visited on two occasions. Static sampling was performed using an impinger based reference method together with the two newly developed tubes, based on a commercially-available Tenax tube. Both tubes performed well and the results were generally in good agreement with the reference method over a representative range of concentrations. Both tubes were found to be suitably robust for fieldwork. It is recommended that the tube with steel mesh be used for all measurement of airborne cyanoacrylate concentrations due to better performance in laboratory validation tests. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
United Kingdom; cyanoacrylates; adhesives; sampling and analysis; determination in air |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate; methyl cyanoacrylate; laboratories; detector tubes; electronics industry; report; description of technique |
| Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Acrylates
Cyano compounds
|
