*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WR8800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sulfonium, trimethyl-, iodide, compd. with mercury
                          iodide (1:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7575-48-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199207
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1S1&1 &I &.HG..I
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Trimethylsulfonium iodide mercuric iodide addition compound
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 18 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#01850

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NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO MERCURY, ARYL AND INORGANIC-air:CL 0.1 mg/m3 (Sk)
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

 
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