*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YW2625000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Vanadium tetrachloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7632-51-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 21
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl4-V
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 192.74
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  VA  G4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Vanadium chloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   30,470,1969
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   AETODY Advances in Modern Environmental Toxicology.  (Senate Press, Inc.,
   P.O. Box 252, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,241,1980

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.03 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3;STEL 0.1 mg(V205)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.25 mg(V205)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:STEL 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.2 mg(V2O5)/m3  (dust) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3;STEL 0.25 mg(V2O5)/m3  JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.05 mg(V2O5)/m3  (dust) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 mg(V2O5)/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO VANADIUM (as V2O5), resp dust/fume-air:CL 0.05 mg/m3/15M
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

 
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