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RTECS NUMBER            : VL8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Rubidium hydroxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1310-82-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : H-O-Rb
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 102.48
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  RB  Q
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 586 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   32,239,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   20PKA3 "Novye Dannye Po Toksikologii Redkikh Metalov Ikh Soedinenii," New
   Data on the Toxicology of Rare Metals and Their Compounds, Izrael'son, Z.I.,
   ed., Moscow, Izdatel'stvo "Meditsina," 1967  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,56,1967

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4532
       No. of Facilities: 7 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 7 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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