Triethylamine — CAS 121-44-8 — workplace exposure limit
What is the pel (ppm) for Triethylamine — CAS 121-44-8 — workplace exposure limit?
For Triethylamine, pel (ppm) is disputed: 25 per osha.gov, 1 per dir.ca.gov; pel (mg/m³) is disputed: 100 per osha.gov, 4.1 per dir.ca.gov; cas no. is 121-44-8, verified against its source on 2026-08-05.
Triethylamine | 121-44-8 | 25 | 100 | - |
— osha.gov, retrieved 2026-08-05
- Substance
- Triethylamine verified
- CAS No.
- 121-44-8 verified
- PEL (ppm)
- 25 sources disagree
- PEL (mg/m³)
- 100 sources disagree
- Ceiling notation
- the values given in the PEL columns are ceiling values per dir.ca.gov
- NIOSH REL, as stated
- See Appendix D per cdc.gov
What cdc.gov says
NIOSH REL See Appendix D
— cdc.gov, retrieved 2026-09-08
Substance
CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Triethylamine
CAS No.
CAS No. 121-44-8
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
PEL (ppm)
osha.gov says pel (ppm) is 25, as of 2026-08-05.
Triethylamine | 121-44-8 | 25 | 100 | - |
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1000TableZ1
dir.ca.gov says pel (ppm) is 1, as of 2026-09-28.
121448 | S | Triethylamine | 1 | 4.1 | C
https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5155.html
PEL (mg/m³)
osha.gov says pel (mg/m³) is 100, as of 2026-08-05.
Triethylamine | 121-44-8 | 25 | 100 | - |
https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1000TableZ1
dir.ca.gov says pel (mg/m³) is 4.1, as of 2026-09-28.
121448 | S | Triethylamine | 1 | 4.1 | C
Sources
- osha.govhttps://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.1000TableZ1
- dir.ca.govhttps://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5155.html
- cdc.govhttps://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0633.html