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Alphabetic Index of OSHA Occupational Chemical Database - B
| Chemical Name | CAS # | Analyte code (IMIS #) | Synonyms | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-BROMOPROPANE | 106-94-5 |               
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                       nPB, propyl bromide, n-propyl bromide  | 
              
| 2-BROMOPROPANE | 75-26-3 |               
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                       isopropyl bromide  | 
              
| 78-93-3 |               
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                       ethyl methyl ketone; MEK; methyl acetone; methyl ethyl ketone  | 
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| 111-76-2 |               
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                       butyl cellosolve; butyl oxitol; EGBE  | 
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| 2-BUTOXYETHYL ACETATE (BUTYL CELLOSOLVE ACETATE) | 112-07-2 |               
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                       butyl cellosolve acetate; butyl glycol acetate; EGBEA; Ektasolve EB acetate; ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate; 2-Butoxyethanol acetate  | 
              
| 7727-43-7 |               
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                       artificial barite; barite; barium salt of sulfuric acid; barytes (natural)  | 
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| 7440-39-3 |               
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                       Synonyms vary depending upon the specific soluble barium compound.  | 
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| BENDIOCARB (FICAM) | 22781-23-3 |               
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                       ficam; 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-benzodioxol-4-ol methylcarbamate  | 
              
|                                BENOMYL †  
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        17804-35-2 |               
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                       methyl 1-(butylcarbamoyl)-2-benzimidazolecarbamate; Benlate; Tersan1991  | 
              
| 56-55-3 |               
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                       tetraphene; 1,2-benzanthracene; benzanthrene; benzanthracene; benzo[a]anthracene  | 
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|                                BENZENE ‡  
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        71-43-2 |               
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                       benzine; benzol; cyclohexatriene; phenyl hydride  | 
              
| BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE | 205-99-2 |               
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                       3,4-benzofluoranthene; 2,3-benzofluoranthene; benz(e)acephenanthrylene; B(b)F  | 
              
| 50-32-8 |               
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                       BaP, 1,2-benzpyrene; 3,4-BP; 3,4-benzo(a)pyrene; 4,5-benzpyrene; 6,7-benzopyrene; benzo(d,e,f)chrysene; B(a)P). Synonyms vary depending upon the specific compound (e.g., pyrene, phenanthrene, acridine, chrysene, anthracene)  | 
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| BENZOPHENONE | 119-61-9 |               
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                       Diphenylmethanone; diphenyl ketone; benzoylbenzene; alpha-oxodiphenylmethane; alpha-oxoditane; oxodiphenylmethane; oxoditane  | 
              
| BENZOTRICHLORIDE | 98-07-7 |                benzene (trichloromethyl)-;benzenyl chloride; benzenyl trichloride; benzoic trichloride  | 
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| BENZOYL CHLORIDE | 98-88-4 |                benzenecarbonyl chloride; α-chlorobenzaldehyde; benzoic acid chloride  | 
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| 94-36-0 |               
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                       benzoperoxide; dibenzoyl peroxide  | 
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| BENZYL ACETATE | 140-11-4 |               
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                       benzyl ethanoate; acetic acid benzyl ester; phenylmethyl acetate; α-acetoxytoluene; phenylmethyl ethanoate  | 
              
| BENZYL ALCOHOL | 100-51-6 |               
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                       benzenecarbinol; benzenemethanol; benzoyl alcohol; phenylcarbinol; phenylmethanol; α-hydroxytoluene  | 
              
| 100-44-7 |               
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                       chloromethylbenzene; α-chlorotoluene; benzylchloride anhydrous; benzylchloride, stabilized  | 
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| 7440-41-7 |               
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                       Synonyms vary depending upon the specific beryllium compound.  | 
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| BIFENTHRIN | 82657-04-3 |                (2-methyl-1,1-biphenyl-3-yl)-methyl-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethyl cyclopropanecarboxylate; Talstar®  | 
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| BIS-(2-CHLOROETHYL)SULFIDE | 505-60-2 |                HD; 2-2-dichlorodiethyl-sulfide; mustard gas  | 
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| BIS(2-DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL) ETHER | 3033-62-3 |                ethanamine, 2,2'-oxybis(N,N-dimethylethylamine)  | 
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| 542-88-1 |               
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                       BCME; bis-CME; chloromethyl ether; dichlorodimethyl ether; dichloromethyl ether; oxybis(chloromethane)  | 
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| BISMUTH TELLURIDE (Se DOPED, as Bi₂Te₃) | 1304-82-1 |               
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                       bismuth sesquitelluride; bismuth telluride; bismuth tritelluride; tellurobismuthite  | 
              
| 1304-82-1 |               
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                       bismuth sesquitelluride; bismuth telluride; bismuth tritelluride; tellurobismuthite  | 
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| BISPHENOL A | 80-05-7 |               
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                       4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bisphenol; 4,4'isopropylidenediphenol; 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane  | 
              
| BORIC ACID | 10043-35-3 |               
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                       Basilit B; boracic acid; borofax; boron trihydroxide; orthoboric acid; trihydroxyborone  | 
              
| 1303-86-2 |               
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                       boric anhydride; boric oxide; boron trioxide  | 
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| 10294-33-4 |                boron bromide; tribromoborane  | 
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| 7637-07-2 |               
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                       boron fluoride; trifluoroborane  | 
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| BROMACIL | 314-40-9 |                5-bromo-3-sec-butyl-6-methyluracil; 5-Bromo-6-methyl-3-(1-methylpropyl)uracil  | 
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|                                BROMINE †  
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        7726-95-6 |               
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                       molecular bromine  | 
              
| 7789-30-2 |                bromine fluoride  | 
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| 75-25-2 |               
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                       methyl tribromide; tribromomethane  | 
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| 106-99-0 |               
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                       biethylene; bivinyl, butadiene; divinyl, erythrene; vinylethylene  | 
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| BUTANE | 106-97-8 |               
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                       normal-butane (n-butane); butyl hydride; diethyl; methylethylmethane  | 
              
| BUTENES (ALL ISOMERS) | 25167-67-3 |               
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| BUTYL ACRYLATE | 141-32-2 |               
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                       butyl ester of acrylic acid; butyl 2-propenoate; n-butyl acrylate  | 
              
| BUTYL BUTYRATE | 109-21-7 |               
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                       butylbutanoate; butyric acid butyl ester; n-butyl-n-butyrate  | 
              
| 109-79-5 |               
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                       butanethiol; 1-butanethiol; n-butanethiol; 1-mercaptobutane  | 
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| 109-73-9 |               
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                       1-aminobutane; n-butylamine  | 
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| 123-86-4 |               
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                       butyl acetate; n-butyl ester of acetic acid; butyl ethanoate  | 
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| 71-36-3 |               
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                       1-butanol, butyl alcohol, 1-hydroxybutane, n-propyl carbinol, butanol  | 
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| 2426-08-6 |               
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 BGE; 1,2-epoxy-3-butoxypropane  | 
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| N-BUTYL LACTATE (BUTYL LACTATE) | 138-22-7 |               
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 butyl ester of 2-hydroxypropanoic acid; butyl ester of lactic acid; butyl lactate  |