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Chemical Sampling Information
p-Nitroaniline
 Field Definitions
 Analytical Methods
General Description

NAME: p-Nitroaniline

SYNONYM(s): Azoic diazo component 37; para-Aminonitrobenzene; Fast red 2G base 4-Nitroaniline

IMIS: 1865

CAS: 100-01-6

NIOSH: RTECS BY7000000; 8402

DOT: UN1661 Poison

DESCRIPTION:

Yellow crystals with a pungent, faint ammonia-like odor.
MW: 138
BP: 630 F
VP: <1 mm
MP: 293 F



INCOM: Strong oxidizers and reducers

Exposure Limits

OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY PEL: 1 ppm, 6 mg/m3 (Skin)

OSHA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PEL: 1 ppm, 6 mg/m3 TWA (Skin)

ACGIH TLV: 3 mg/m3 TWA (Skin); Appendix A4 (Not Classifiable as a Human Carcinogen)

NIOSH REL: 3 mg/m3 TWA (Skin)

Health Factors

NTP: Evidence of Carcinogenicity (Gavage Study); Technical Report #418; + May 1993

SYMPTOM(s): Cyanosis; ataxia; tachycardia; tachypnea, dyspnea; irritability; vomiting, diarrhea; convulsions; respiratory arrest; anemia, methemoglobinemia

HEALTH EFFECTS: Methemoglobinemia (HE13); Chronic Cumulative liver damage (HE3)

ORGAN: Blood, heart, lungs, liver

Monitoring

PRIMARY SAMPLING/ANALYTICAL METHOD (SLC1):



MEDIA: Mixed Cellulose Ester Filter (MCEF) 0.8 microns
ANL SOLVENT: Isopropanol
MAX V: 90 Liters   MAX F: 1.5 L/min
ANL 1: High Performance Liquid Chromatography; HPLC/UV/VIS
REF: 1 (NIOSH 5033)
SAE: 0.09
CLASS: Fully Validated

COND: Column: Mobile Phase: Detector Wavelength: Detection Limit:


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