*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WS4300000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sulfur chloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10025-67-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 25
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl2-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 135.02
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  S2  G2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Disulfur dichloride
   * Siarki chlorek
   * Sulfur monochloride
   * Sulfur subchloride
   * Thiosulfurous dichloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 ppm
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   IPSTB3 International Polymer Science and Technology.  (Rapra Technology
   Ltd., Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK) Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,93,1976

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-CL 5.5 mg/m3 (1 ppm)
   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 ***
 
   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3)
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:STEL 1 ppm (5.5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3);STEL 2 ppm (12 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:STEL 1 ppm (5.5 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 6 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 1 ppm (0.3 mg/m3);Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3);STEL 2 ppm (12 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 ppm (6 mg/m3);STEL 3 ppm (18 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE-air:CL 1 ppm
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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5495
       No. of Facilities: 964 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 21
       No. of Occupations: 28
       No. of Employees: 28182 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2203 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***