*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WS4480000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sulfur decafluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5714-22-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 22
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : F10-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 254.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FSFFFF 2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Disulfur decafluoride
   * Sulfur pentafluoride
   * TL 70
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 45 gm/m3/10M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: PB158-508
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - shock
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Blood - changes in cell count (unspecified)
REFERENCE :
   AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
   (Chicago, IL)  V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,436,1953
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5790 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - pulse pressure increase
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AMIHBC AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.
   (Chicago, IL)  V.2-10, 1950-54. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,436,1953

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-CL 0.10 mg/m3 (0.01 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 ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 mg/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:
   3,241,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 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 0.025 ppm (0.25 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 0.025 ppm (0.25 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 0.025 ppm (0.25 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 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:STEL 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 mg/m3);STEL 0.075 ppm ;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg/m3);STEL 0.02 ppm JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.025 ppm (0.25 mg/m3);STEL 0.075 ppm 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 PENTAFLUORIDE-air:CL 0.01 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

 
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