Chloroform

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Hazard Name:

Chloroform

HAZARD:

Chloroform

CHEMICAL FORMULA:

CHCl₃

EXPOSURE STANDARD:

10 PPM (TWA)

PHYSICAL FORM:

Colorless Liquid

SYNONYMS:

Trichloromethane

RELATIVE DENSITY:

EXPOSURE:

Inhalation

IP(eV):

11.37

C.F:

3.5

LEL%:

USES/SOURCES:

In manufacture of flurocarbons for refrigerants, aerosol propellents, plastics solvent, purifying antibiotics; dry cleaning

TOXICOLOGY:

Cholorform is a CNS depressant and hepatotoxin; renal and cardiac damage may also occur.

MONITORING METHOD:

Monitoring Tubes:

226-01

Catalog Number	Sorbent (Coating)	Size	Sections	Sorbent (mg)	Ends	Tube Holder	Separators	Quantity
226-01	Anasorb® CSC, Coconut Charcoal	6x70	2	50/100	GS	A	FFW	50

Monitoring Instruments:

ToxiRAE Plus PID