Toxic gas exposure limits and alarm levels
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Alarm Levels
It is important to note that whereas portable gas detection instruments measure and alarm at the TWA levels, instantaneous alarms are included to provide early warning of an exposure to dangerous gas concentrations. Workers are often under risk of gas exposure in situations where atmospheres cannot be controlled, such as in confined space entry applications where alarming at TWA values would be inappropriate.
You must perform your own risk assessment to ensure alarms are set to appropriate levels for your application and in accordance with local legislation and practices.
The following data has been extracted from EH40 and EH40 for some common toxic gases:
Workplace Exposure Limits:
| WORKPLACE EXPOSURE LIMITS (EH40/2005) |
OSHA-PELs | |||
| SUBSTANCE | CHEMICAL FORMULA | LTEL (8hr TWA) PPM | STEL (15 minute TWA) PPM | LTEL (8hr TWA) PPM |
| Amoníaco | NH3 | 25 | 35 | 50 |
| Arsine | AsH3 | 0.05 | – | 0.05 |
| Bromo | Br2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Dióxido de carbono | CO2 | 5000 | 15000 | 5000 |
| Monóxido de carbono | CO | 20 | 100 | 50 |
| Cloro | Cl2 | – | 0.5 | 1 ceiling * |
| Dióxido de cloro | ClO2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Diborane | B2H6 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
| Ethylene Oxide ETO | C2H40 | 5 | – | 1 |
| Flúor | F2 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
| Germane | GeH4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | – |
| Cianuro de hidrógeno | HCN | 0.9 | 4.5 | 10 |
| Cloruro de hidrógeno | HCI | 1 | 5 | 5 ceiling* |
| Fluoruro de hidrógeno | HF | 1.8 | 3 | 3 |
| Sulfuro de hidrógeno | H2S | 5 | 10 | 20 ceiling* |
| Nitrous Oxide | N2O | 100 | – | – |
| Óxido nítrico | NO | 2 | – | 25 |
| Dióxido de nitrógeno | NO2 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 ceiling* |
| Ozono | O3 | – | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Phosgene | COCl2 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.1 |
| Fosfina | PH3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Silane | SiH4 | 0.5 | 1 | – |
| Dióxido de azufre | SO2 | 0.5 | 1 | 5 |
*C – Ceiling Limit
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