Description
The 571 Aldehyde Monitor is our most popular badge since it can be used to monitor for formaldehyde along with other aldehydes. Unlike other aldehyde badges, the 571 can be used to monitor formaldehyde in the air for a 15-minute STEL, an 8-hour PEL (TWA), or for indoor air quality (IAQ, 24 to 72 hours).
Refrigerated product. Maximum 2 days in shipping. Avoid shipping over the weekend. Store refrigerated, upon receipt.
This badge is NON-RETURNABLE
Aldehydes are collected on a glass fiber filter treated with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH) and phosphoric acid. The sample filter is extracted with acetonitrile and analyzed by HPLC using a UV detector. Badges are assembled under a blanket of nitrogen to reduce background levels.
For Cidex (glutaraldehyde) and Cidex OPA (o-phthaldehyde), use the 581 badge for STEL/Ceiling monitoring.
Customers that are going to use the NIOSH REL to evaluate their formaldehyde results should use the 581 badge, not the 571. The NIOSH REL is 0.016 ppm, which is over 40 times below the OSHA PEL of 0.75 ppm. Because of this, the faster-sampling 581 with an 8-hour reporting limit of 0.0014 ppm is preferred.
This badge collects the following:
- Formaldehyde (formalin)
- Glutaraldehyde (Cidex)
- o-Phthalaldehyde (Cidex OPA)
- Acetaldehyde
- Benzaldehyde
- Butyraldehyde
- Crotonaldehyde
- Hexaldehyde
- Propionaldehyde
- Tolualdehyde
- Valeraldehyde
Special Notes
Dusty Environments –
Particle screens are designed to prevent particulates containing or generating formaldehyde from getting inside the sampler and causing a high biased result. Screens are only applicable in a few applications.
Dry Environments –
When the relative humidity is below 20%, the badge will start to give a low biased result. OSHA performed a validation on three aldehyde monitors using DNPH chemistry, like the 571. In their study, they also looked at the effect of low humidity on results and found that all badges reacted the same. Below is a table of the results from the OSHA website.
| % Relative Humidity | % of theoretical for ChemDisk-AL |
| 20 | 93.5 |
| 15 | 85.4 |
| 10 | 77.6 |
| 5 | 66.1 |
Formalin / Methanol Environments
Also in the OSHA method, they studied the effect methanol on DNPH chemistry diffusion monitors. Unlike the humidity issue, Assay Technology took issue with the severity of this effect. Please see Dr. Manning’s response: Dr. Manning weighs in.
Before sampling, ship within 2 days and store refrigerated.
After sampling, ship and store at room temperature. Ship samples to laboratory to arrive within 28 days of sampling.
Meets OSHA requirements for accuracy for both STEL and PEL (TWA) monitoring.
Use for:
- 15-minute/STEL sampling
- 8-hour/PEL (TWA) sampling
- 24-hour/IAQ sampling
When a Lot of 571 badges is manufactured, a representative number of badges are tested for background levels of formaldehyde and other significant interferences. For formaldehyde background, the average and standard deviation of the background levels must pass established criteria before the lot is approved for customer use. The average value of the formaldehyde background is listed below. Laboratories that use and resell our badges to their customers can use the values below to blank correct their results or just verify their lab is getting the same level of background. All media that collects formaldehyde has some background formaldehyde. Since these badges are manufactured inside of glove boxes filled with Nitrogen gas, the background levels are very low and consistent.
571 Badge Formaldehyde Background Level
| Lot | Expiration Date | Initial Background Level, ug | 6 Month Shelf Life Background Level, ug |
| 9Q18 | 9/30/18 | 0.036 | 0.030 |
| 12B18 | 12/31/19 | 0.023 | 0.027 |
| 2F19 | 2/28/20 | 0.029 | 0.034 |
| 4H19 | 4/30/20 | 0.028 | 0.028 |
| 7A19 | 7/31/20 | 0.022 | 0.027 |
| 9B19 | 9/30/20 | 0.031 | 0.029 |
| 11A19 | 11/30/20 | 0.026 | 0.024 |
| 12D19 | 12/31/20 | 0.026 | 0.034 |
| 3F20 | 3/31/20 | 0.038 | 0.041 |
| 5C20 | 5/31/21 | 0.055 | 0.048 |
| 9C20 | 09/30/21 | 0.030 | |
| 12A20 | 12/31/21 | 0.052 |
Note 1: The lot number format is Month/Letter/Year. So Lot 1C11 was produced in January 2011.
Note 2: For each lot, AT tests a set of aldehyde monitors to assure the level of formaldehyde is within acceptance limits. A background level of 0.0046 ppm is 0.6% of the PEL. The background of formaldehyde for a specific lot is subtracted from all samples tested at AT Labs.
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