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 KETONES I: METHOD 1300, Issue 2, dated 15 August 1994 - Page 4 of 5

Compound

Method [2-5]

Acetone

S1, 127

Cyclohexanone

S19

Diisobutyl ketone

Range, mg/m 3 Overall Precision (SˆrT)

Breakthrough 1 (L)

Measurement Range, mg/sample (Sr) DE 2

1200 to 4500 (0.082)

4.3

2.4 to 14.2 (0.024)

0.86

98 to 392 (0.062)

65

3.8 to 18.0 (0.025)

0.82

S358

145 to 582 (0.070)

44

1.8 to 7.0 (0.032)

0.97

2-Hexanone

S178

188 to 790 (0.053)

>45

1.5 to 8.1 (0.018)

0.81

MIBK

S18

208 to 836 (0.064)

17

2.1 to 8.3 (0.008)

0.91

2-Pentanone

S20

395 to 1570 19 3.5 to 14.0 0.90 (0.063) (0.011) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____ 1 5% breakthrough, 0.2 L/min at high end of concentration range in dry air. 2 Averaged over mass range shown.

REFERENCES: [1] UBTL Report, Sequence #5528-J (NIOSH, unpublished, Oct. 2, 1986). [2] Williams, Karen, Desorption Efficiency Determination for Cyclohexanone and Methyl Isobutyl Ketone, NIOSH/MRSB, Unpublished (1986). [3] NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods, 2nd. ed., V. 2, S1, S18, S19 and S20, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Publ. (NIOSH) 77-157-B (1977). [4] Ibid, V. 3, S178 and S358, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Publ. (NIOSH) 77-157-C (1977). [5] Documentation of the NIOSH Validation Tests, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Publ. (NIOSH) 77-185 (1977), available as Stock No. PB 274-248 from NTIS, Springfield, VA 22161. [6] NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods, 2nd. ed., V. 1, P&CAM 127, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Publ. (NIOSH) 77-157-A (1977).

METHOD REVISED BY: Ardith Grote, NIOSH/DPSE; methods originally validated under NIOSH Contract CDC-99-74-45.

NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM), Fourth Edition, 8/15/94