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 POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS by HPLC: METHOD 5506, Issue 3, dated 15 January 1998 - Page 7 of 9 TABLE 2. SYNONYMS, CAS AND RTECS NUMBERS. COMPOUND (alphabetically)



SYNONYMS, CAS and RTECS Numbers*

1. ACENAPHTHENE

CAS # 83-32-9; RTECS # AB1000000

2. ACENAPHTHYLENE

acenaphthalene; CAS # 208-96-8; RTECS # AB1254000

3. ANTHRACENE

CAS # 120-12-7; RTECS # CA9350000

4. BENZ[a]ANTHRACENE

1,2-benzanthracene; benzo[b]phenanthrene; 2,3-benzophenanthrene; tetraphene; CAS # 56-55-3; RTECS # CV9275000

5. BENZO[b]FLUORANTHENE

3,4-benzofluoranthene; 2,3-benzofluoranthene; benz[e]acephenanthrylene; B(b)F; CAS # 205-99-2; RTECS # CU1400000

6. BENZO[k]FLUORANTHENE

11,12-benzofluoranthene; CAS # 207-08-9; RTECS # DF6350000

7. BENZO[ghi]PERYLENE

1,12-benzoperylene; CAS # 191-24-2; RTECS # DI6200500

8. BENZO[a]PYRENE

3,4-benzopyrene; 6,7-benzopyrene; B(a)P; BP; CAS # 50-32-8; RTECS # DJ3675000

9. BENZO[e]PYRENE

1,2-benzopyrene; 4,5-benzopyrene; B(e)P; CAS # 192-97-2; RTECS # DJ4200000

10. CHRYSENE

1,2-benzophenanthrene; benzo[a]phenanthrene; CAS # 218-01-9; RTECS # GC0700000

11. DIBENZ[a,h]ANTHRACENE

1,2,5,6-dibenzanthracene; CAS # 53-70-3; RTECS # HN2625000

12. FLUORANTHENE

benzo[jk]fluorene; CAS # 206-44-0; RTECS # LL4025000

13. FLUORENE

CAS # 86-73-7; RTECS # LL5670000

14. INDENO[1,2,3-cd]PYRENE

2,3-phenylenepyrene; CAS # 193-39-5; RTECS # NK9300000

15. NAPHTHALENE

naphthene; CAS # 91-20-3; RTECS # QJ0525000

16. PHENANTHRENE

CAS # 85-01-8; RTECS # SF7175000

17. PYRENE

benzo[def]phenanthrene; CAS # 129-00-0; RTECS # UR2450000

Data from [6, 8, and 9].

TABLE 3. EXPOSURE LIMITS.* COMPOUND

OSHA†

NIOSH†

ACGIH‡

0.2 mg/m3

--

2. BENZ[a]ANTHRACENE

--

--

suspect human carcinogen

3. BENZO[b]FLUORANTHENE

--

--

suspect human carcinogen

1. ANTHRACENE

4. BENZO[a]PYRENE 5. CHRYSENE

3

0.2 mg/m

3

--

suspect human carcinogen §

0.2 mg/m

potential occupational carcinogen

animal carcinogen

10 ppm; STEL 15 ppm

10 ppm; STEL 15 ppm

10 ppm; STEL 15 ppm

7. PHENANTHRENE

0.2 mg/m3

--

--

8. PYRENE

0.2 mg/m3

--

--

6. NAPHTHALENE

† Information from [10]. ‡ Information from [11]. § Information from [12].
 * This table only includes the compounds with established exposure limit values.

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