MAK Commission: PCB 47, PCB 51 and PCB 68 - Determination of PCB 47, PCB 51 and PCB 68 in workplace air using gas chromatography (GC-ECD)

This analytical method is a validated measurement procedure for the determination of 2-isopropoxyethanol [109-59-1] in workplace air in a concentration range of one tenth up to twice the currently valid occupational exposure limit value (OELV) in Germany of 44 mg/m³. For sampling a defined volume of air is drawn through a sorbent tube (for thermal desorption) filled with Chromosorb 106. The flow rate is set to 5 ml/min and sampling is performed over 2 hours (which corresponds to a sampling volume of 600 ml). The samples to which cyclooctane is added as internal standard are thermally desorbed. The quantitative determination is based on a calibration function, whereby the 2-isopropoxyethanol concentration of the calibration standard is plotted against the intensities, calculated over the internal cyclooctane standard. The limit of quantification is 4.48 mg/m³ based on an air sample volume of 600 ml. The mean recovery is 92% and the expanded uncertainty for the validation range of 4.62 to 83.08 mg/m³ is 28.4%.

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Title:  MAK Commission: PCB 47, PCB 51 and PCB 68 - Determination of PCB 47, PCB 51 and PCB 68 in workplace air using gas chromatography (GC-ECD). Air Monitoring Method - Translation of the German version from 2023

Written by:  S. Werner, M. Tschickardt, R. Hebisch, T. H. Brock, A. Hartwig

in: The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety, Vol 8, No 4, 2023.  pages: 1-11, DOI: 10.34865/am243779e8_4or

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This analytical method is a validated measurement procedure for the determination of he three tetrachlorinated biphenyls PCB 47 [2437-79-8], PCB 51 [68194-04-7] and PCB 68 [73575-52-7] in workplace air in a concentration range of 0.16 to 0.62 μg/m³. It was developed to detect PCBs that only may be …

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