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 PHENYL GLYCIDYL ETHER

C6H5OCH2CH(O)CH2

MW: 150.18

METHOD: 1619, Issue 1

1619

CAS: 122-60-1

RTECS: TZ3675000

EVALUATION: PARTIAL

OSHA : 10 ppm NIOSH: C 1 ppm/15 min; carcinogen ACGIH: 1 ppm (1 ppm = 6.14 mg/m 3 @ NTP)

PROPERTIES:

Issue 1: 15 August 1994

liquid; d 1.109 g/mL @ 20 °C; BP 245 °C; VP 1 Pa (0.01 mm Hg, 13 ppm) @ 25 °C

SYNONYMS: glycidyl phenyl ether; 1,2-epoxy-3-phenoxypropane; phenyl 2,3-epoxypropyl ether; (phenoxymethyl)oxirane; PGE

SAMPLING SAMPLER:

SOLID SORBENT TUBE (coconut shell charcoal; 100 mg/50 mg)

FLOW RATE:

0.01 to 1 L/min

VOL-MIN: -MAX:

80 L @ 1 ppm 150 L

SHIPMENT:

routine (refrigerate at lab)

SAMPLE STABILITY:

not determined

BLANKS:

2 to 10 field blanks per set

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE:

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY, FID

ANALYTE:

phenyl glycidyl ether

DESORPTION:

0.5 mL CS 2, 30 min

TEMPERATURE-INJECTION: -DETECTOR: -COLUMN:

230 °C 265 °C 90 °C

INJECTION VOLUME:

5 µL

CARRIER GAS:

N 2, 50 mL/min

COLUMN:

stainless steel, 3.2-mm ID x 3 m, packed with 10% FFAP on 80/100 mesh Chromosorb W-AW DMCS

ACCURACY RANGE STUDIED:

31 to 121 mg/m 3 [1] (50-L samples)

CALIBRATION:

standard solutions of phenyl glycidyl ether in CS 2

BIAS:

- 7.6%

RANGE:

0.5 to 6 mg per sample

ˆ ): 0.057 [1] OVERALL PRECISION (S rT

ESTIMATED LOD: not determined

ACCURACY:

PRECISION (Sr):

± 16.2%

0.022 [1]

APPLICABILITY: The working range is 1 to 33 ppm (6 to 200 mg/m 3) for an 80-L air sample. An appropriate capillary column may be used for better resolution and sensitivity. The sorbent's capacity for the analyte has not been determined under conditions of high relative humidity.

INTERFERENCES: None identified.

OTHER METHODS: This is Method S74 [2] in a revised format.

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