Environmental Health Criteria 164: Methylene chloride (Second edition)
HERO ID
5071459
Reference Type
Technical Report
Year
1996
Language
English
| HERO ID | 5071459 |
|---|---|
| Year | 1996 |
| Title | Environmental Health Criteria 164: Methylene chloride (Second edition) |
| Authoring Organization | International Programme on Chemical Safety |
| Publisher Text | International Programme on Chemical Safety, WHO |
| City | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Abstract | Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) is a clear, highly volatile, non-flammable liquid with a penetrating ether-like odour. The pure dry compound is very stable. Methylene chloride hydrolyses slowly in the presence of moisture, producing small quantities of hydrogen chloride. Commercial methylene chloride normally contains small quantities of stabilizers to prevent decomposition. Analytical methods are available for the determination of methylene chloride in biological media and environmental samples. All methods involve gas chromatography in combination with a suitable detector. In this way, very low detection limits have been reached (e.g., in food: 7 ng/sample; water: 0.01 µg/litre; air: 1.76 µg/m3 (0.5 ppb); blood: 0.022 mg/litre). |
| Report Number | EHC 164 |
| Url | http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc164.htm |
| Is Certified Translation | No |
| Dupe Override | No |
| Is Public | Yes |
| Language Text | English |