*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WT1124000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sulfuric acid, monovinyl ester, polymers, potassium
                          salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 26837-42-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : (C2-H4-O4-S)x.xK
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : /WSO&O1U1 &-KA-/
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Polyvinyl sulfate potassium salt
   * Potassium poly(vinyl sulfate)
   * PVSK
   * Sulfuric acid, monoethenyl ester, homopolymer, potassium salt
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 225 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
   CRSBAW Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses
   Filiales.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France)  V.1-    1849-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 166,121,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 78 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   OSDIAF Osaka Shiritsu Daigaku Igaku Zasshi.  Journal of the Osaka City
   Medical Center.  (Osaka, Japan)  V.4-23, 1955-74.  For publisher
   information, see OIGZDE.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,128,1956

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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