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VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER<br />
Vinyl chloride momoner – chemical<br />
and physical properties 1<br />
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LI-<br />
MITS FOR VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER (8 HOURS TWA)<br />
CAS no. 75-01-4<br />
Country/Region Parts per million Mg/m³<br />
Appearance and colour:<br />
Odour:<br />
Odour threshold:<br />
Melting point:<br />
Boiling point:<br />
Flash point/flash point range:<br />
Flammability:<br />
Explosion thresholds:<br />
LEL (lower explosion limit)<br />
UEL (upper explosion limit):<br />
Gaseous, colourless<br />
Slightly sweet<br />
3,000 ppm<br />
-153.7 °C<br />
-13.4 °C<br />
-78 °C<br />
Ignition<br />
temper<strong>at</strong>ure: 415 °C<br />
Explosion group: IIA<br />
3.8 vol-%<br />
31 vol-%<br />
Europe 1 2.6<br />
Germany 1 2.6<br />
USA (ACGIH) 1 2.6<br />
China – 10<br />
Singapore 5 PEL (LT) 13 PEL (LT)<br />
Is your country not included? <br />
Visit our hazardous substances d<strong>at</strong>abase VOICE for more<br />
inform<strong>at</strong>ion: www.draeger.com/voice<br />
MEASUREMENT OF VCM<br />
<strong>Work</strong>ing in a VCM exposed area<br />
requires an exact measurement,<br />
assessment and monitoring of the<br />
vinyl chloride concentr<strong>at</strong>ion. For<br />
clearance measurement, repe<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
spot measurements and individual<br />
workplace monitoring several<br />
selective and non-selective methods<br />
are suitable. A multi-gas detector<br />
with PID sensor measures the<br />
cumul<strong>at</strong>ive concentr<strong>at</strong>ion of existing<br />
VOCs in a non-selective way. For<br />
selective random samples, the<br />
analysis mode of the Dräger X-pid®<br />
9000 or a Dräger Short-term Tube<br />
like Vinyl Chloride 0.5b can be used.<br />
Dräger X-pid®<br />
9000/9500<br />
Dräger X-am® 8000<br />
Dräger Polytron® 7000<br />
Dräger Shortterm<br />
Tubes<br />
Find more inform<strong>at</strong>ion about suitable measuring<br />
equipment in the chapter "Measuring carcinogens".<br />
1 IFA. (n.d.-b). Vinyl chloride. Gestis Substance D<strong>at</strong>abase. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from http://gestis-en.itrust.de/nxt/g<strong>at</strong>eway.dll/gestis_en/000000.xml?f=templ<strong>at</strong>es$fn=default.<br />
htm$vid=gestiseng:sdbeng$3.0<br />
2 ScienceDirect. (n.d.). Vinyl Chloride - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics. Vinyl Chloride. Retrieved July 13, 2020, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-andpharmaceutical-science/vinyl-chloride<br />
3 The Facts on Vinyl Chloride. (2020, March 30). Roadmap on Carcinogens. https://roadmaponcarcinogens.eu/vinylchloride/<br />
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