1,3-Butadienedetecting-Butadiene

Formula: C4H6 | CAS: 106-99-0

Detecting butadiene: Studies have consistently shown an association between occupational exposure to 1,3-butadiene and an increased incidence of leukaemia.

Detecting butadiene to limit exposure risks

Exposure to 1,3-butadiene mainly occurs among workers who breath contaminated air on the job. Other sources of exposure include automobile exhaust; tobacco smoke; and polluted air and water near chemical, plastic, or rubber facilities.

Workers who are present in the below industries could be more liable to high exposure levels;

  • synthetic elastomer (rubber and latex) production
  • petroleum refining
  • secondary lead smelting
  • water treatment
  • agricultural fungicides
  • production of raw material for nylon, and the use of fossil fuels.

1,3-butadiene is known to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in humans, including epidemiological and mechanistic studies. 1,3-butadiene was first listed in the Fifth Annual Report on Carcinogens in 1989 as reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals. The listing was revised, known to be a human carcinogen in the Ninth Report on Carcinogens in 2000.
– NTP Classification

What happens to 1,3-butadiene when it enters the environment?

1,3-butadiene has high volatility and low-water solubility. When released to the environment from industrial or non-industrial sources, butadiene evaporates to the air, even from water and soil; and butadiene breaks down quickly in sunlight and degrades in the air with a half-life of less than two hours. Environmental sources include industrial releases from butadiene production and use, automobile exhaust, cigarette smoke and other combustion sources.

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Detecting Butadiene

Formula: C4H6 | CAS: 106-99-0

Synonyms: buta-1,3-diene, biethylene, bivinyl, butadiene, divinyl, erythrene, vinylethylene

Specification Value/Information
Formula C4H6
CAS no. 106-99-0
Gas Response Factor, 11.7 eV 1.10
Gas Response Factor, 10.6 eV 0.80
Gas Response Factor, 10.0 eV 0.80
ppm per mg/m⁻³, (20 °C, 1 bar) 0.445
Molecular Weight, g/mole 54.1
Melting point, °C -109
Boiling point, °C -5
Specification Value/Information
Flash point, °C -85
Upper Explosive Limit, % 16.3
Lower Explosive Limit, % 1.4
Density, g.cm⁻³ 0.6149
Ionisation Energy, eV 9.07
EH40 TWA, ppm 1
EH40 TWA, mg.m⁻³ 2.2
NIOSH IDLH, ppm 2000
OSHA TWA PEL, ppm 1

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