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Document ID (ISN)64614
CIS number 95-984
ISSN - Serial title 0007-9952 - Cahiers de notes documentaires - Hygiène et sécurité du travail
Year 1994
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Jargot D., Blachère V., Cassebras M., Dieudonné M., Hecht C., Mattlet M.F.
Title Evidence for low-molecular-weight glycidyl derivatives in epoxy resins
Original title Mise en évidence de dérivés glycidyliques de bas poids moléculaire dans les résines époxydiques [in French]
Bibliographic information 4th Quarter 1994, No.157, Note No.1973-157-94, p.443-450. Illus. 13 ref.
Abstract The presence of glycidyl ethers and oligomers is the reason for the cutaneous toxicity of certain epoxy resins. This study helped to develop an analysis protocol for identifying and determining low molecular weight (M<700) oligomers and 16 glycidyl ethers present in the products available on the French market. The analytical method and techniques were applied to some thirty resin samples supplied by manufacturers and formulators or sampled in the workplace. It is therefore possible to determine or verify the composition of a non-polymerized epoxy resin suspected of being responsible for an occupational pathology, and subsequently to carry out more specific allergological tests to identify the exact allergen responsible.
Descriptors (primary) epoxy resins; epoxy compounds; toxic substances; determination of concentration; determination in air; chemical analysis; sampling and analysis
Descriptors (secondary) description of technique; allergy tests
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Ethers
Ethylene oxide