*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VW3515000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Silver ammonium nitrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 23606-32-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 15
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Ag-H6-N2.N-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 203.96
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .AG..N-O3*2 ZH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
 
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                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   AROPAW Archives of Ophthalmology (Chicago).  (AMA, 535 N. Dearborn St.,
   Chicago, IL 60610)  New series: V.1-44(3), 1929-50; V.64-    1960-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,839,1941

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,231,1971

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Ag)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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