*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZG3150000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Yttrium chloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10361-92-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 18
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl3-Y
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 195.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  YT  G3
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Yttrium trichloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 45 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,475,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 88 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,475,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 85 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - food intake (animal)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AEHLAU Archives of Environmental Health.  (Heldref Pub., 4000 Albemarle St.,
   NW, Washington, DC 20016)  V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   5,437,1962

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 1 mg(Y)/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:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   JPMSAE Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.  (American Pharmaceutical Assoc.,
   2215 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037)  V.50-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,663,1965

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 5 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 5 ppm (25 mg(Y)/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Y)/m3;STEL 3 mg(Y)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

 
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