Appendix 2. PEL-Sorted Listing of Chemicals for Which a PEL has been Established by OSHA
ppm in air
0.0002 Osmium tetroxide (as Os)
0.001  Nickel carbonyl (as Ni)
0.005  Isophorone diisocyanate
0.005  Pentaborane
0.005  Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate (TDI)
0.005  Trimellitic anhydride
0.01   Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
0.01   Organomercury compounds
0.01   Phosdrin (Mevinphos)
0.02   4,4-Methylenebis(2-chloroaniline)
0.02   Beryllium and its compounds
0.02   Hexachlorobutadiene
0.02   Methyl isocyanate
0.02   Tellurium hexafluoride (as Te)
0.05   alpha-Chloroacetophenone
0.05   Arsine
0.05   Chloroacetyl chloride
0.05   Decaborane
0.05   Hydrogen selenide (as Se)
0.05   Propylene glycol dinitrate
0.05   Selenium hexafluoride (as Se)
0.1    Acrolein
0.1    Bromine
0.1    Bromine pentafluoride
0.1    Cadmium Fumes
0.1    Carbon tetrabromide
0.1    Chlorine dioxide
0.1    Chloropicrin
0.1    Diborane
0.1    Diglycidyl ether (DGE)
0.1    Dimethyl sulfate
0.1    Fluorine
0.1    Hexafluoracetone
0.1    Hydrazine
0.1    Iron pentacarbonyl (as Fe)
0.1    Ozone
0.1    Perchloromethyl mercaptan
0.1    Phosgene (Carbonyl chloride)
0.1    Phosphorous oxychloride
0.1    Quinone
0.1    Stibine
0.2    Biphenyl
0.2    Cadmium dust
0.2    Diazomethane
0.2    Germanium tetrahydride
0.2    Phosphorus trichloride
0.2    Tributyl phosphate
0.25   Maleic anhydride
0.3    Phosphine
0.5    1,1-Dimethylhydrazine
0.5    2-Aminopyridine
0.5    2-Hydroxypropyl acrylate
0.5    Bromoform
0.5    Chlorine
0.5    Ethyl mercaptan
0.5    Hydrogenated terphenyls
0.5    Ketene
0.5    Methyl mercaptan
0.5    N-Methylaniline
0.5    Phenyl mercaptan
0.5    Tetramethyl succinonitrile
0.5    Butyl mercaptan
0.6    Iodoform
1      1,1,2,2-Tetrachloro-ethane
1      1,3-Dichloropropene
1      2,2-Dichloropropionic acid
1      Acetylene tetrabromide
1      Allyl chloride
1      Benzyl chloride
1      Bromacil
1      Chromic acid and chromates
1      Dibutyl phosphate
1      Dichloroethylene
1      Diethylene triamine
1      Ethylene dichloride
1      Hexachloroethane
1      Hydrogen peroxide
1      Methyl silicate
1      Methylacrylonitrile
1      Nitrobenzene
1      Phenyl ether, vapor
1      Phenyl ether-biphenyl mixture
1      Phenyl glycidyl ether (PGE)
1      Phthalic anhydride
1      Propargyl alcohol
1      Tetranitromethane
1      Thioglycolic acid
1      Trichloroacetic acid
1      Mercury
1*     Boron tribromide
1*     Boron trifluoride
1*     p-Nitroaniline
2      1,1-Dichloro-1-nitro-ethane
2      1-Chloro-1-nitropropane
2      2-N-Dibutylamino-ethanol
2      Allyl alcohol
2      Allyl propyl disulfide
2      Aniline and homologs
2      Carbonyl fluoride
2      Chloroform (Trichloromethane)
2      Crotonaldehyde
2      Epichlorohydrin
2      Furfural
2      m-Nitrotoluene
2      m-Toluidine
2      Methyl 2-cyanoacrylate
2      Methyl iodide
2      N-Isopropylaniline
2      Nitric acid
2      p-Toluidine
2      Propylene imine
2      Sulfur dioxide
2      Trimethyl phosphite
2      Xylidine
3      Diethanolamine
3      Ethanolamine
3      Formaldehyde
3      Hydrogen fluoride
3      Perchloryl fluoride
3*     Hydrogen bromide
4      Isophorone
5      2-Hexanone
5      Catechol (Pyrocatechol)
5      Cresol. all isomers
5      Dichloroethyl ether
5      Dicyclopentadiene
5      Diisopropylamine
5      Ethyl acrylate
5      Formic acid
5      Isopropylamine
5      Methyl bromide
5      N-Ethylmorpholine
5      N,N-Dimethylaniline
5      n-Butyl lactate
5      o-sec-Butylphenol
5      o-Toluidine
5      Phenol
5      Phenylhydrazine
5      Silicon tetrahydride
5      Sulfuryl fluoride
5      Vinyl bromide
5      Pyridine
5*(C)  Butylamine
5*     Acetic anhydride
5*(C)  Hydrogen chloride
5*(C)  Nitrogen dioxide
10     beta-Chloroprene
10     1,1,2-Trichloroethane
10     1,2,3-Trichloropropane
10     2-Diethylaminoethanol
10     2-Nitropropane
10     Acetic acid
10     Acrylic acid
10     Benzene
10     Butyl acrylate
10     Carbon Tetrachloride
10     Cyanogen
10     Cyclohexylamine
10     Dichloromonofluoro-methane
10     Diethylamine
10     Dimethyl acetamide
10     Dimethylamine
10     Divinyl benzene
10     Ethyl silicate
10     Ethylamine
10     Ethylenediamine
10     Furfuryl alcohol
10*    Hydrogen cyanide
10     Indene
10     Methyl acrylate
10     Methylamine
10     Napthalene
10     Nitrogen trifluoride
10     p-t-Butyltoluene
10     Propionic acid
10     Resorcinol
10     Triethylamine
10     Trimethylamine
10     Vinyl acetate
10     Vinyl cyclohexene dioxide
10     Dimethylformamide
15     Mesityl oxide
20     Carbon disulfide
20     Ethylene dibromide
20     Formamide
20     Hydrogen sulfide
20     Methacrylic acid
20     Morpholine
20     Propylene oxide
25     1-Nitropropane
25     2-Butoxyethanol
25     2-Isopropoxyethanol
25     2-Methoxyethanol (Me cellosolve)
25     Cyclohexanone
25     Diisobutyl ketone
25     Dioxane
25     Ethyl amyl ketone
25     Glycidol
25     Methyl cellosolve acetate
25     Methyl isobutyl carbinol
25     n-Butyl glycidyl ether (BGE)
25     n-Propyl nitrate
25     Nitric oxide
25     Trimethyl benzene
35     Carbon monoxide
40     Acetonitrile
50     alpha-Methyl styrene
50     Cumene
50     Cyclohexanol
50     Diacetone alcohol
50     Dipropyl ketone
50     Ethlyene dichloride
50     Ethyl butyl ketone
50     Isobutyl alcohol
50     Isoctyl alcohol
50     Isopropyl glycidyl ether (IGE)
50     Methyl isoamyl ketone
50     Methyl isobutyl ketone
50     Methylcyclohexanol
50     n-Hexane
50     o-Chlorostyrene
50     o-Chlorotoluene
50     o-Methylcyclohexanone
50     sec-Hexyl acetate
50     Trichloroethylene
50     Valeraldehyde
50*    Ammonia
75     Chlorobenzene
75     Cyclopentadiene
75     p-Dichlorobenzene
75     Propylene dichloride
100    1,1-Dichloroethane
100    2-Ethoxyethyl acetate(CellosolveAc)
100    Acetaldehyde
100    Difluorodibromomethane
100    Dipropylene glycol methyl ether
100    Ethyl benzene
100    Ethyl formate
100    Isoamyl acetate
100    Isoamyl alcohol (pri, sec)
100    Methyl chloride
100    Methyl formate
100    Methyl methacrylate
100    Methyl n-amyl ketone
100    n-Amyl acetate
100    Naphtha (Coal tar)
100    Nitroethane
100    Nitromethane
100    Propylene glycol monomethyl ether
100    sec-Butyl alcohol
100    Stoddard solvent
100    Styrene
100    tert-Butyl alcohol
100    Tetrachloroethylene
100    Turpentine
100    Vinyl toluene
100    Xylenes (o-, m-, p- isomers)
100*   n-Butyl alcohol
125    sec-Amyl acetate
150    Isobutyl acetate
150    n-Butyl acetate
200    1,2-Dichloroethylene
200    2-Butanone (Methyl ethyl ketone)
200    2-Ethoxyethanol
200    2-Pentanone (Methyl propyl ketone)
200    Chlorobromomethane
200    Diethyl ketone
200    Ethyl bromide
200    Methyl acetate
200    Methyl alcohol
200    Methyl isopropyl ketone
200    n-Propyl acetate
200    n-Propyl alcohol
200    Nonane
200    sec-Butyl acetate
200    tert-Butyl acetate
200    Tetrahydrofuran
200    Toluene
250    Isopropyl acetate
300    Cyclohexane
300    Cyclohexene
300    Gasoline
300    Octane
350    1,1,1,-Trichloroethane
400    Ethyl acetate
400    Ethyl ether
400    Heptane
400    Isopropyl alcohol
400    Methylcyclohexane
400    Petroleum distillates (Naphtha)
500    1,1,1,2-Tetrachloro-2,2-diF-ethane
500    1,1,2,2-Tetrachloro-1,2-diF-ethane
500    Hexane isomers
500    Isopropyl ether
500    Methylene chloride
600    Cyclopentane
600    Pentane
750    Acetone
800    Butane
1000   1,1,2-Trichloro-1,2,2-triF-ethane
1000   Butadiene (1,3-Butadiene)
1000   Chlorodifluoromethane
1000   Chloropentafluoroethane
1000   Dichlorodifluoro-methane
1000   Dichlorotetrafluoroethane
1000   Dimethoxymethane
1000   Ethyl alcohol
1000   Ethyl chloride
1000   LPG (Liquified petroleum gas)
1000   Methyl acetylene (Propyne)
1000   Methyl acetylene propadiene mixture
1000   Propane
1000   Sulfur hexafluoride
1000   Trifluorobromomethane
1000*  Fluorotrichloromethane
10000  Carbon dioxide

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