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Tungstic acid

RTECS #: YO7840000

CAS #: 11105-11-6

UPDATE: May 2009 MW: 249.87 MF: H2O4W


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA:
  3. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  4. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  5. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Kyselina wolframova (Czech)


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
eye
rabbit 		500 mg/24 hour mild 28ZPAK -,19,1972


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


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
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 5 mg( week)/m3 DTLVS* 3,272,1971
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 5 mg( week)/m3, short term exposure limit 10 mg( week)/m3, JUL2008
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 5 mg( week)/m3, short term exposure limit 10 mg( week)/m3, MAR2002
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 1 mg( week)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 1 mg( week)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 1 mg( week)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN time-weighted average 1 mg( week)/m3, JUN2005
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

Occupational Exposure Limit IN SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO TUNGSTEN, soluble-air 10 hour time-weighted average 1 mg( week)/m3;
short term exposure limit 3 mg/m3 		NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 82043;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 621;
Number of Occupations 3;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 3,435
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 82043;
Number of Industries 3;
Total Number of Facilities 81;
Number of Occupations 7;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 5,205;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 1,480


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
N/R


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku," Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.

RTECS Compound Description:
   Primary Irritant

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