National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1981 - 1983)

Potential Exposures to Agents by Occupation

PHYSICISTS AND ASTRONOMERS (069)*


Agent
Code
Agent Name
M4337 ACENAPHTHENE
01568 ACETIC ACID
31470 ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER
83643 ACETIC ACID, (ETHYLENEDINITRILO)TETRA-, DISODIUM SALT
M1226 ACETIC ACID, PENTYL ESTER
84468 ACETIC ACID, POTASSIUM SALT
68770 ACETIC ACID, SODIUM SALT
X6041 ACETIC ACID, TETRAANHYDRIDE WITH SILICIC ACID (H4SIO4)
02740 ACETIC ANHYDRIDE
02820 ACETONE
02900 ACETONITRILE
X6775 ALBUMINS, BLOOD SERUM
04260 ALDRIN
83343 ALUMINUM ACETATE
04605 ALUMINUM CHLORIDE
80390 ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE (AL(OH)3)
80262 ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE
04620 ALUMINUM SULFATE
81700 AMMONIUM BICARBONATE
80261 AMMONIUM BIFLUORIDE
05270 AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
81703 AMMONIUM CHROMATE
06063 AMMONIUM DICHROMATE(VI)
06145 AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
80790 AMMONIUM MOLYBDATE(VI)
06163 AMMONIUM NITRATE
80158 AMMONIUM SULFATE
80258 AMMONIUM THIOCYANATE
06580 ANILINE
A1491 ANTHRACENE
07485 ARGON
M0462 ASCORBIC ACID, L-
83749 BALSAM
08640 BARIUM CARBONATE
08650 BARIUM CHLORIDE
08655 BARIUM HYDROXIDE
81720 BARIUM NITRATE
80611 BARIUM SULFATE
09070 BENZENE
84756 BENZIDINE, 3,3'-DIMETHYL-
10210 BENZOIC ACID
M1650 BENZOIC ACID, METHYL ESTER
11360 BENZYL ALCOHOL
12783 BI, BISMUTH-MF UNKNOWN
X3558 BORANE
A1165 BORATE(1-), TETRAFLUORO-, SODIUM
12960 BORIC ACID
13850 BUTANOL
13980 BUTANONE, 2-
84746 BUTYLBENZENE
81751 CALCIUM ACETATE
15720 CALCIUM CHLORIDE
M0579 CALCIUM FLUORIDE
15743 CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
81753 CALCIUM NITRATE
M2862 CALCIUM OXALATE
80369 CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, DIBASIC
84097 CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOBASIC
80244 CALCIUM SULFATE
17367 CARBON DIOXIDE
17370 CARBON DISULFIDE
17490 CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
68850 CARBONIC ACID DISODIUM SALT (8CI) (9CI)
80069 CARBONIC ACID MONOSODIUM SALT
15705 CARBONIC ACID, CALCIUM SALT (1:1)
80144 CARBONIC ACID, MAGNESIUM SALT (1:1)
15570 CD, CADMIUM-MF UNKNOWN
X4470 CERIUM SULFIDE
84490 CHLORAL HYDRATE
18500 CHLOROFORM
X4488 CHROME OXIDE
M2265 CHROMIC ACID (H2CRO4) , BARIUM SALT (1:1)
68900 CHROMIC ACID (H2CRO4), DISODIUM SALT
M0073 CHROMIC ACID(H2CR207), DISODIUM SALT
19430 CHROMIUM OXIDE (CRO3)
84329 COBALT CHLORIDE (COCL2)
A1683 COBALT OXIDE (COO)
X4498 COBALT SULFIDE (COS2)
84332 COPPER ACETATE
X9857 COPPER CHLORIDE (CUCL2)
19395 CR, CHROMIUM-MF UNKNOWN
21190 CYCLOHEXANE
81836 D-GLUCOSE
X3856 DEUTEROBENZENE
47270 DICHLOROMETHANE
80273 DICUMYL PEROXIDE
25544 DIETHYLENE GLYCOL
A1158 DIIODOMETHANE
P2008 EQUIPMENT-MONITORING
74010 ETHANE, 1,1,2-TRICHLORO-1,2,2-TRIFLUORO-
X5013 ETHANE, 1,1-DICHLORO-2,2-BIS(P-CHLOROPHENYL)-
31500 ETHYL ALCOHOL
32590 ETHYL ETHER
32385 ETHYLENE GLYCOL
73790 ETHYLENE, TRICHLORO-
81080 FERRATE(3-), HEXACYANO-, TRIPOTASSIUM
80413 FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE
81831 FERRIC CITRATE
80945 FERRIC NITRATE
33640 FORMALDEHYDE
26560 FORMAMIDE, N,N-DIMETHYL-
33720 FORMIC ACID
X4680 GALLIUM OXIDE
34715 GELATIN
35085 GLYCEROL
X7669 GLYCOLS, POLYETHYLENE
17366 GRAPHITE
X3755 GUANIDINE, MONOHYDROCHLORIDE
35925 HELIUM
83079 HEXADECYL AMINE
84192 HEXANOIC ACID
38580 HYDROCHLORIC ACID
38585 HYDROGEN
38605 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
38950 HYDROXYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE
X5168 INDIUM CHLORIDE (INCL3)
80200 IODIC ACID (HIO3), POTASSIUM SALT
X3766 IODIC ACID (HIO3), SILVER(1+) SALT
40030 IODINE
X3011 IODINE, ISOTOPE OF MASS 125
P0412 IONIZING RADIATION
33160 IRON CHLORIDE (FECL3)
X3914 IRON, ISOTOPE OF MASS 59
40430 ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL
40987 ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
X2741 L-TYROSINE, O-(4-HYDROXY-3-IODOPHENYL)-3,5-DIIODO-, LABELED WITH IODINE-125 (CAS# 15785496)
X2742 L-TYROSINE, O-(4-HYDROXY-3-IODOPHENYL)-3,5-DIIODO-, LABELED WITH IODINE-125 (CAS# 52163492)
X2743 L-TYROSINE, O-(4-HYDROXY-3-IODOPHENYL)-3,5-DIIODO-, LABELED WITH IODINE-125 (CAS# 70753865)
80595 LACTIC ACID
42280 LANTHANUM
84352 LEAD ACETATE
84473 LEAD NITRATE
84414 LITHIUM CARBONATE
84472 LITHIUM CHLORIDE
82795 LITHIUM OXIDE
P0418 LONG WAVE RADIO FREQUENCY
43360 MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE
80298 MAGNESIUM OXIDE (MGO)
X4753 MAGNESIUM PEROXIDE (MG(O2))
43410 MAGNESIUM SULFATE
P2012 MAGNETIC FIELD
84353 MANGANESE CHLORIDE
83751 MERCURIC ACETATE
80303 MERCURIC SULFATE
44870 MERCURY
84274 MERCURY CHLORIDE (HGCL2)
80143 MERCURY OXIDE
45930 METHANOL
80564 METHYL SULFOXIDE
M0603 MINERAL OIL
84549 MOLYBDENUM OXIDE (MOO3)
81898 MOLYBDIC ACID
49600 NAPHTHALENE
X4449 NAPHTHALENE, OCTADECAFLUORODECAHYDRO-
80142 NITRIC ACID SILVER(1+) SALT
69220 NITRIC ACID SODIUM SALT
X4343 NITRIC ACID, BUTYL ESTER
84330 NITRIC ACID, COBALT (2+) SALT
50865 NITROGEN
52480 OXALIC ACID
84235 OXALIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
P2000 PASSIVE-POSTURES
42490 PB, LEAD-MF UNKNOWN
82894 PENTANE, 2-METHYL-
M0264 PENTYL ALCOHOL
80182 PERCHLORIC ACID
Y1000 PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, NEC
55460 PHENOL
81928 PHENYLHYDRAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE
57740 PHOSPHINE
58520 PHOSPHORIC ACID
M0155 PHOSPHORIC ACID, DIAMMONIUM SALT
X5023 PHOSPHORIC ACID, DIPHENYL P-TOLYL ESTER
82861 PHOSPHORIC ACID, DIPOTASSIUM SALT
83514 PHOSPHORIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
M0156 PHOSPHORIC ACID, MONOAMMONIUM SALT
M0132 PHOSPHORIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM SALT
83818 PHOSPHORIC ACID, MONOSODIUM SALT
81065 PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID
M2253 PHTHALOCYANINE
M4727 PLATINATE(2-), HEXACHLORO-, DIHYDROGEN
80487 POTASSIUM BICARBONATE
81949 POTASSIUM BROMATE
60350 POTASSIUM CARBONATE
80198 POTASSIUM CHLORATE
60360 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
80488 POTASSIUM CITRATE
80064 POTASSIUM DICHROMATE(VI)
60410 POTASSIUM FLUORIDE
60440 POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
81683 POTASSIUM IODIDE
80350 POTASSIUM NITRATE
81951 POTASSIUM OXALATE
60490 POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
82177 POTASSIUM PYROSULFITE
60540 POTASSIUM SULFATE
81954 POTASSIUM TARTRATE
M0695 PRASEODYMIUM OXIDE
X4358 PROPANE, NITRO-
X7979 PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, 1,2,3-, 2-HYDROXY-, GALLIUM(67) SALT
X3566 PROPANETRICARBOXYLIC ACID, 2-HYDROXY-, DIAMMONIUM SALT, 1,2,3-
63525 PROPYLENE GLYCOL
65080 PYRIDINE
X3953 PYRUVIC ACID
X4526 RHODIUM CHLORIDE
48320 SALICYLIC ACID, METHYL ESTER
68657 SILICIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
X4229 SILICON, DUST
X4513 SILVER SULFIDE
73075 SN, TIN-MF UNKNOWN
80071 SODIUM BISULFATE
80517 SODIUM BORATE
68870 SODIUM CHLORATE
68880 SODIUM CHLORIDE
68905 SODIUM CITRATE
68950 SODIUM CYANIDE
84425 SODIUM FLUORIDE
84077 SODIUM HYDROSULFITE
69070 SODIUM HYDROXIDE
84430 SODIUM IODATE
83513 SODIUM METABISULFITE
69460 SODIUM SULFIDE
69470 SODIUM SULFITE
69740 STEARIC ACID
81515 SUCROSE
70845 SULFUR
70870 SULFURIC ACID
20900 SULFURIC ACID COPPER(2+) SALT (1:1)
81663 SULFURIC ACID DISODIUM SALT
80211 SULFURIC ACID, ALUMINUM SODIUM SALT (2:1:1)
81830 SULFURIC ACID, AMMONIUM IRON(3+) SALT (2:1:1)
M1023 SULFURIC ACID, COBALT(2+) SALT (1:1)
33230 SULFURIC ACID, IRON(2+) SALT (1:1)
33165 SULFURIC ACID, IRON(3+) SALT (3:2)
83404 SULFURIC ACID, MONOAMMONIUM SALT
81948 SULFURIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM SALT
83252 SULFUROUS ACID, DIPOTASSIUM SALT
80270 TARTARIC ACID
80206 TARTARIC ACID, MONOPOTASSIUM MONOSODIUM SALT
M0734 TERBIUM OXIDE
X4101 TERPINEOL
83086 THIOACETAMIDE
80153 THIOSULFURIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
73040 THYMOL
69730 TIN CHLORIDE (SNCL2)
X9955 TIN CHLORIDE, DIHYDRATE
X4610 TITANIUM NITRIDE
73300 TOLUENE
81560 TRICHLOROACETIC ACID
X3075 TRYPTOPHAN, L-
84829 TUNGSTIC ACID, DISODIUM SALT
80231 UREA
76165 V, VANADIUM-MF UNKNOWN
P0450 X-RADIATION
76720 XYLENE
M1028 XYLENE, PARA-
77220 ZINC SULFATE
X4784 ZIRCONIUM SULFIDE (ZRS2)

*The agents listed for each occupation apply across the surveyed industries in which the agents were observed. Not all industries were surveyed, and not all agents were observed in all surveyed industries.

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