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Oxalic acid, dipotassium salt

RTECS #: RO2885000

CAS #: 583-52-8

UPDATE: August 2005 MW: 168.24 MF: C2H2O4•2K


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  3. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  4. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  5. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Dipotassium oxalate
  2. Ethanedioic acid, dipotassium salt (9CI)
  1. Potassium neutral oxalate
  2. Potassium oxalate (K2C2O4)


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
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


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
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 660 mg/kg N/R USXXAM #6770674
oral
woman 		lowest published lethal dose: 1 gm/kg Cardiac: Arrythmias (indlucing changes in conduction)

Vascular: Shock

Gastrointestinal: Other changes 		MLDCAS 4,178,1971


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

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


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X5057;
Number of Industries 5;
Total Number of Facilities 612;
Number of Occupations 15;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 20,766;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 9,878


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
MLDCAS Medecine Legale et Dommage Corporel. (Paris, France) V.1-7, 1968-74. Discontinued.
USXXAM United States Patent Document. (U.S. Patent Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20231)

RTECS Compound Description:
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