*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TZ6655600
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Propanesulfonic acid, 3-mercapto-, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 17636-10-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H7-O3-S2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 178.21
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 3-Mercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid sodium salt
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,355,1960

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9008
       No. of Facilities: 3 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 170 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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