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Introduction | Bibliography of HSL's Publications | Methods for the Determination of Hazardous Substances
Committee on Analytical Requirements (CAR) | The Diffusive Monitor



Publications - Current Methods for the Determination of Hazardous Substances

The table below contains a listing of current methods. Downloadable versions (PDF) are provided online by HSE - please click on method title (underlined) to view.

 

Title

Last Revision Date

ISBN

3

Generation of test atmospheres of organic vapours by the syringe injection technique.
Portable apparatus for laboratory and field use.

May 1990 reprint

0-11-885632-4

4

Generation of test atmospheres of organic vapours by the permeation tube method.
Apparatus for laboratory use.

May 1986 reprint

0-11-885647-2

6/3

Lead and inorganic compounds of lead in air.
Laboratory method using flame or electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry.

Mar 1998

0-7176-1517-0

10/2

Cadmium and inorganic compounds of cadmium in air.
Laboratory method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry or electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry.

Jun 1994

0-7176-0676-7

12/2

Chromium and inorganic compounds of chromium in air.
Laboratory method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.

May 1996

0-7176-1181-7

14/3

General methods for sampling and gravimetric analysis of respirable and inhalable dust.

Feb 2000

0-7176-1749-1

16/2

Mercury and its inorganic divalent compounds in air.
Laboratory method using Hydrar® diffusive badges or pumped sorbent tubes, acid dissolution and analysis by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry or cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry.

Apr 2002

 

 

0-7176-2348-3

25/3

Organic isocyanates in air.
Laboratory method using sampling either onto 1-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine coated glass fibre filters followed by solvent desorption or into impingers and analysis using high performance liquid chromatography.

Jan 1999

0-7176-1668-1

27

Protocol for assessing the performance of a diffusive sampler.

Feb 1994

0-7176-0635-X

29/2

Beryllium and beryllium compounds in air.
Laboratory method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry or electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry.

Apr 1996

0-7176-1130-2

30/2

Cobalt and cobalt compounds in air.
Laboratory method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.

Apr 1996

0-7176-1128-0

32

Dioctyl phthalates in air.
Laboratory method using Tenax sorbent tubes, solvent desorption and gas chromatography.

Dec 1987 reprint

0-11-885619-7

33/2

Sorbent tube standards.
Preparation by the syringe injection technique.

Jan 1997

0-7176-1337-2

35/2

Hydrogen fluoride and inorganic fluorides in air.
Laboratory method using an ion selective electrode or ion chromatography.

May 1998

0-7176-1558-8

39/4

Asbestos fibres in air.
Sampling and evaluation by Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations

Nov 1995

0-7176-1113-2

41/2

Arsenic and inorganic compounds of arsenic (except arsine) in air.
Laboratory method using continuous flow or flow injection analysis hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry.

Nov 1995

0-7176-1008-X

42/2

Nickel and inorganic compounds of nickel in air (except nickel carbonyl).
Laboratory method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry or electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry.

Mar 1996

0-7176-1094-2

46/2

Platinum metal and soluble platinum compounds in air.
Laboratory method using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry.

Dec 1996

0-7176-1306-2

47/2

Determination of rubber process dust and rubber fume (measured as cyclohexane soluble material) in air.
Laboratory method using filters, gravimetric determination and soxhlet extraction.

Jun 1999

0-7176-2419-6

52/3

Hexavalent chromium in chromium plating mists.
Colorimetric field method using 1,5-diphenylcarbazide.

April 1998

0-7176-1520-0

53/2

1,3-Butadiene in air.
Laboratory method using pumped samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography.

Aug 2003

0-7176-2735-7

54

Protocol for assessing the performance of a pumped sampler for gases and vapours.

Aug 1986 reprint

0-11-885649-9

56/2

Hydrogen cyanide in air.
Laboratory method using an ion-selective electrode.

Apr 1990

0-7176-0355-3

57

Acrylamide in air.
Laboratory method using high performance liquid chromatography after collection in an impinger containing water.

Mar 1987 reprint

0-11-885910-2

59

Man-made mineral fibre.
Airborne number concentration by phase-contrast light microscopy.

Nov 1988

0-7176-0319-9

61

Total hexavalent chromium compounds in air.
Colorimetric laboratory method using 1,5-diphenylcarbazide.

Mar 1988
out of print
revision in draft

0-7176-0302-4

62

Aromatic carboxylic acid anhydrides in air.
Laboratory method using glass-fibre filter/Tenax tube sampling and high performance liquid chromatography.

Jul 1988 reprint

0-11-885924-2

63/2

1,3-Butadiene in air.
Laboratory method using diffusive samplers, thermal desorption and gas chromatography.

Feb 2005

0-7176-2898-1

70

General method for sampling airborne gases and vapours.

Oct 1990 reprint

0-7176-0608-2

71

Analytical quality in workplace air monitoring.

Mar 1991 reprint

0-7176-1263-5

72

Volatile organic compounds in air.
Laboratory method using pumped solid sorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography.

Mar 1993

0-11-885692-8

75

Aromatic amines in air and on surfaces.
Laboratory method using pumped acid-coated filter, desorption and liquid chromatography.

Mar 1993

0-11-886370-3

78

Formaldehyde in air.
Laboratory method using a diffusive sampler, solvent desorption and high performance liquid chromatography.

May 1994

0-7176-0678-3

79

Peroxodisulphate salts in air.
Laboratory method using mobile phase ion chromatography.

Jun 1995

0-7176-0802-6

80

Volatile organic compounds in air.
Laboratory method using diffusive solid sorbent tubes, thermal desorption and gas chromatography.

Aug 1995

0-7176-0913-8

82

The dust lamp.
A simple tool for observing the presence of airborne particles

Mar 1997

0-7176-1362-3

83/2

Resin acids in rosin (colophony) solder flux fume.
Laboratory method using gas chromatography

Apr 1997
July 2006 (83/2)

0-7176-1363-1

84

Measurement of oil mist from mineral oil-based metalworking fluids.

Jun 1997

0-7176-1382-8

85

Triglycidyl isocyanurate (and coating powders containing triglycidyl isocyanurate) in air.
Laboratory method using pumped filter, desorption and liquid chromatography

Jun 1997

0-7176-1381-X

86

Hydrazine in air.
Laboratory method using sampling either onto acid-coated glass fibre filters followed by solvent desorption or into specially constructed impingers. Final analysis by derivatisation and HPLC.

Aug 1997

0-7176-1416-6

87

Fibres in air.
Guidance on the discrimination between fibre types in samples of airborne dust on fibres using microscopy.

Nov 1998

0-7176-1487-5

88

Volatile organic compounds in air.
Laboratory method using diffusive samplers, solvent desorption and gas chromatography

Dec 1997

0-7176-2401-3

89

Dimethyl sulphate and diethyl sulphate in air.
Laboratory method using thermal desorption, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Mar 1998

0-7176-1540-5

91

Metals and metalloids in workplace air by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.

July 1998

0-7176-1557-X

92

Azodicarbonamide in air.
Laboratory method using high performance liquid chromatography

Nov 1998

0-7176-1616-9

93

Glutaraldehyde in air.

Laboratory method using high performance liquid chromatography

Nov 1998

0-7176-1618-5

94

Pesticides in air and/or on surfaces.

Methods for the sampling and analysis of pesticides in air and/or on surfaces, using pumped filters/sorbent tubes and gas chromatography.

Feb 1999

0-7176-1619-3

95/2

Measurement of personal exposure of metalworking machine operators to airborne water-mix metalworking fluids.

Elemental marker method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry.

August 2003

0-7176-2734-9

96

Volatile organic compounds in air.

Laboratory method using pumped solid sorbent tubes, solvent desorption and gas chromatography.

March 2000

0-7176-1756-4

98/2

Hydroquinone in air.
Laboratory method using high performance liquid chromatography.

July 2007

 

99
Metals in air by ICP-AES June 2006  

100

Surveying, sampling and assessment of asbestos-containing materials.

July 2001

0-7176-2076-X

101

Crystalline silica in respirable airborne dusts.
Direct-on-filter analyses by infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction

Feb 2005

0-7176-2897-3

Notes
• Check availability at http://www.hsebooks.co.uk/Books.
• "Reprints" are not technically revised

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