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correspondence /- / Frederick M. Toca at Health Sciences Lab to Dr. R. T. Cheng at San Diego subject RESULTS OF ANALYSIS FOR SAMPLES COLLECTED IN TAIWAN ate April 18, 1974 REFERENCE 100D1 -- 1 0 -- 1 Attached are the results of analysis for the samples collected during your trip to Taiwan. The maximum amount of vinyl chloride found in any of the hydrocarbon samples was 4 parts per million. The major constituent in most of these samples was ethylene dichloride. There were several peaks appearing in some of the samples that we were unable to identify. However, each of these unidentified peaks was estimated to contain less than 20 parts per million (ppm) of material (based on the ratio of their peak areas to those of the materials which were identified). The samples designated for solvent vapor analysis contained methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, toluene and some isomers of xylene. While none of the solvent vapor samples contained amounts of any of these constituents in excess of their TLVs, consideration should be given to the possible synergistic effects of this mixture at the concentration detected. For example, the TLV of. this mixture for sample number HSL-002-86MM is 153 ppm. All of the dust samples collected were overloaded with material. This overloading probably caused some of this material to be lost by adhesion to the filter cassette. The total dust concentration on most of these samples was in excess of 10 mgs per cubic meter (mg/m^), the recommended TLV for nuisance dust. The analysis for cadmium on these samples showed it not to be present in detectable quantities CUSAROSS 00401 RECEIVED APR 2 2 IS74 Industrial Hya'gng Houston Meehan --'kh DATE 4-18-74 '\ FROM Frederick M. Toca-ro Dr. R. T. Cheng 2SHEET NO, (detection limit 0.01 ppm in the sample). The analysis for lead in these samples showed the concentrations present to be below the recommended TLV of 0.15 mg/m^. Attachments FMT:jks cc w/atts: RLG HER^ Frederick M. Toca A SUBSIDIARY OF GULF OIL CORPORATION CUSAROSS 00402 HSL Sample No. HSL-002-86A 86B 86C 86D 86E 86F 866 86H RESULTS OF ANALYSIS FOR METALS TAIWAN (MARCH, 1974) Field Sample No. Date Col 1ected HSL-002-28E 3*8-74 28F 3*8-74 28H 3*8-74 28K 3-8-74 28L 3-8-74 28Q 3-8-74 28R 3-8-74 28X 3-8-74 3 *Concentration in mg/m Lead Cadmium Total Dust 0.0091 NC 0.0024 0 0 0.0009 0.0011 0.0020 NC 0 0 0 0 NC 0 0 11.58 24.11 NWC 151.45 6.09 29.86 31 . 72 83.03 * Most of these samples were overloaded, therefore materials may have been lost from the filters before analysis. NC = Not enough to measure. NWC = No weight change. CUSAROSS 00403 RESULTS OF ANALYSIS FOR HYDROCARBONS TAIWAN 'X (MARCH, 1974) HSL Sample No. Field Sample No. HSL-002-86I 86J 86K 86L 86M 86N 860 86P 86Q 86R 86S 86T 86U 86V ' 86W 86X 86Y 86Z VC-1 VC-2 VC-3 VC-4 VC-5 VC-6 VC-7 VC-8 VC-9 VC-10 VC-11 VC-12 VC-13 VC-14 VC-15 VC-16 VC-17 VC-18 Sampler No. 1054 1037 1042 1036 1035 1041 1038 1043 1048 1054 1041 1048 1042 1038 1036 1035 1036 1037 Date Collec ted 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-5-74 3-7-74 3-7-74 Concentration of Hydrocarbons ppm* Vinyl Ethylene Chloride Dichloride T2 T4 T8 T6 -4 TT -3 1T -2 -T -T 1T 2T TT 1T -- TTT * These values represent the total concentrations of hydrocarbons in both layer 1 and 2. Trace, Not enough to be measured. CUSAROSS 00404 > y - a " >ix C' RESULTS OF ANALYSIS FOR HYDROCARBONS TAIWAN (MARCH, 1974) HSL Sample No. Field Sample No. HSL-002-86AA 86BB 86CC 86DD 86EE 86FF 86GG VC-19 VC-Blank VMC-1 VMC-2 VMC-3 VMC-4 VMC-Blank Sampler No. 1041 - 1048 1043 1048 1043 Date Collected 3-7-74 - 3-14-74 3-14-74 3-14-74 3-14-74 Concentration of Hydrocarbons ppm* Vinyl Ethylene Chloride Dichloride TT * * ** T3 2 16 4 10 - 13 * These values represent the total concentrations of hydrocarbons contained in both layer 1 and 2. ** This sample was labeled as a blank but contained numerous HC peaks on its chromatogram; however the estimated amounts of VC and EDC were low. T = Trace, Not enough to be measured. y CUSAROSS 00405 oar-- 0? RESULTS OF ANALYSIS FOR SOLVENT VAPORS TAIWAN (MARCH, 1974) HSL Sample No. Field Sample No. Sampler No. Date Col 1ected MEK Concentration of Solvent Vapors ppm* MIBK Toluene Xylene HSL-002-86HH 8611 86JJ 86KK 86LL 86MM 86NN 8600 86PP 86QQ 86RR 86SS S-l S-2 S-3 S-4 S-5 S-6 S-7 S-8 S-9 S-10 S-l 1 S-B1ank 1048 1043 1054 1035 1041 1036 1043 1035 1038 1054 1042 3-6-74 3-6-74 3-6-74 3-6-74 3-6-74 3-6-74 3-7-74 3-7-74 3-7-74 3-7-74 3-7-74 16 27 14 16 19 26 51 9 60 1 170 24 59 9 43 7 40 5 80 10 52 6 49 36 47 31 19 48 66 39 44 84 43 13 3 7 2 1 3 1 T T 1 T These values represent the total concentrations of solvent vapors contained in both layer 1 and 2. - Trace, Not enough to be measured. CUSAROSS 00406 yGtivrOM ition V ' MEl5*lAL DEPARTMENT INDUSTRIE HYGIENE LABORATORY DUS ANALYSIS REPORT L TO BE COMPLETED BY USER SAMPLE NO. HSL- DATE SAMPLE TAKEN 001-28 28F R-fi-74 2RF 1-8-74 28H 3-8-74 28K 3-8-74 28L 3-8-74 280 3-8-74 28R 3-8-74 28X 3-R-74 SAMPLE DURATION (MINUTES) SAMPLE RATE 1/MlN, * FOR LABORATORY USE ONLY QUART Z ANALY SIS YES NO Log No. HSL-002Rfi 86A BfiR____ 86C 86D 86E____ 86 F ..._ 86G 8fiH TARE WT. MG. FINAL WT. MG. DUST CONC., MG./M3 % FREE Si02 11.58 24 11___ Blank 151.45 6....CL9 ?Q . 88 .31 . 7? 88 08 RETURN RESULTS TO: NAME____ Dr. R. T. Cheng* * address San Diego, CA *Mo$t of these samples were RETURN COMPLETED FORM AND SAMPLES TO: HEALTH SCIENCES LABORATORY overloaded Gulf Oil Corporation P. O. Box 3240 Pittsburgh, PA 15230 MO. CM 716 i I I l / CUSAROSS 00407