Hazardous Chemical Information System (HCIS)

Caprolactam (vapour)

SUBSTANCE NAME:

Caprolactam (vapour)

CAS Number: 105-60-2

Exposure Standard:

TWA: 4.3 ppm 20 mg/m3

STEL: 8.6 ppm 40 mg/m3

Documentation notice. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Documentation of Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices, 6th Edition, ACGIH, Cincinatti, Ohio, 1991

No standard should be applied without reference to Guidance on the interpretation of Workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants.

Footnotes:
Caprolactam (vapour)

For this substance (Caprolactam vapour), the exposure standard is established as gravimetric (mg/m3) values and converted into volumetric values. See Chapter 19, Section 19.9 of the Guidance Note on the Interpretatin of Exposure Standards for Atmospheric Contaminants in the Occupational Environemnt, published by Worksafe Australia.

Documentation notice

Documentation for the majority of substances can be found in the American Conference of Governmental Indistrial Hygienists' (ACGIH) documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices - users should refer to the ACGIH documentation cited.