*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WY2800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Tellurium hexafluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7783-80-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 23
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : F6-Te
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 241.60
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  TE  F6
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Tellurium hexafluoride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
   ATXKA8 Archiv fuer Toxikologie.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.15-31, 1954-74.
    For publisher information, see ARTODN.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,140,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ppm/1H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
   ATXKA8 Archiv fuer Toxikologie.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.15-31, 1954-74.
    For publisher information, see ARTODN.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,140,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
   ATXKA8 Archiv fuer Toxikologie.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.15-31, 1954-74.
    For publisher information, see ARTODN.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,140,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
   ATXKA8 Archiv fuer Toxikologie.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.15-31, 1954-74.
    For publisher information, see ARTODN.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,140,1960

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.10 mg/m3 (0.02 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 0.02 ppm (0.2 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:
   3,246,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg(Te)/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 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg(Te)/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 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg(Te)/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 0.02 ppm (0.2 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 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3);STEL 0.06 ppm (0.6 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.02 ppm (0.2 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 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 TELLURIUM HEXAFLUORIDE-air:10H TWA 0.02 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

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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***