Table 11.

A representative list of compounds of contamination concern. Species in bold were specifically targeted by OSIRIS-REx, and items in italics are routinely controlled by most missions, including OSIRIS-REx. Other species are of interest but not explicitly controlled

Biology	People	Outside	Building materials	Polymers	Inorganic	Processes	Industrial organics	Compounds
Birds microbes rodents spiders, etc.	Food glossy magazines and catalogs moisturizer perfume sun screen sweat and other excretions tobacco residue vitamins	Asphalt fumes car exhaust herbicide insecticide paint fumes pollen smoke	Carpet plywood varnish	Bakelite Delrin latex nylons silicones silk	Borax diamond fluorescent lamps (Hg) lanthanides silanes silicates	Heat-sealing plastics soldering welding	Creosote detergents and soaps glues grease leather oils natural rubber wax	Acetaldehyde, acetic anhydride, acetone, acetonitrile, acrylic acid, acrylonitrile, amino acids, aniline, barbituric acids, benzene, benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, bromobenzene, butadiene, butyl acetate, butylamines, butyric acids, carbon disulfide, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, cresols, cyanide, cyanoacetylene, cyanogens, dichloroethane, dichloromethane, diethyl ether, dimethyformamide, dimethylsulfoxide, dioxane, ethanolamine, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate, ethylamine, ethylenediamine, formaldehyde, formamide, furfural, glutaronitrile, glyceric acid, glycerol, glycolic acid, glyoxal, hydantoins, hydroxy acids, imidazole, indole, malic acid, malonic acid, malononitrile, methylamine, methyl bromide, naphthalene and other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, nitropropane, nitrobenzene, orotic acids, oxalic acid, paraformaldehyde, phenol, phthalic acid, piperazine, propylamines, purines, pyrimidines, pyruvic acid, pyruvonitrile, quinolines, strong acids, strong bases, styrene, succinic acid, succinic anhydride, tetrahydrofuran, toluene, urea, valeric acids, xylenes