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Ferrate (4 - ) , hexacyano - , tetrapotassium

RTECS #: LJ8219000

CAS #: 13943-58-3

UPDATE: May 2009 MW: 368.37 MF: C6FeN6•4K


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA:
  3. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  4. REVIEWS:
  5. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  6. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  7. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  8. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Ferrate (4 - ) , hexakis (cyano - C) - , tetrapotassium, (OC - 6 - 11) -
  2. Potassium ferrocyanate
  3. Potassium ferrocyanide
  4. Potassium hexacyanoferrate
  5. Potassium hexacyanoferrate (II)
  1. Tetrapotassium ferrocyanide
  2. Tetrapotassium hexacyanoferrate
  3. Tetrapotassium hexacyanoferrate (4 - )
  4. Tetrapotassium hexacyanoferrate (II)


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE 		DOSE REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R N/R


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
inhalation
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 537 µg/m3 (1-22 day pregnant) Reproductive: Effects on embryo or fetus: Fetal death GISAAA 52(3),79,1987


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
oral
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 5 gm/kg N/R GISAAA 51(4),23,1986
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 6,400 mg/kg N/R GISAAA 51(4),23,1986


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3 (skin) DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2007


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Fe)/m3, JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3, JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 1 mg(Fe)/m3, MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK ceiling concentration 5 mg(CN)/m3, OCT 2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 2 mg(CN)/m3 (inhalable), 2005
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3, short term exposure limit 20 mg(CN)/m3, Skin, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit - MEXICO time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3, 2004
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA short term exposure limit 4 mg/m3, JUN2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 5 mg(CN)/m3 (skin), 2005


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 80199;
Number of Industries 76;
Total Number of Facilities 4,711;
Number of Occupations 43;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 18,082
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 80199;
Number of Industries 34;
Total Number of Facilities 2,238;
Number of Occupations 29;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 22,116;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 10,721


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-

RTECS Compound Description:
   Mutagen
   Reproductive Effector

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