*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZG3750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Yttrium (III) nitrate hexahydrate (1:3:6)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13494-98-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 15
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : N3-O9.Y.6H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 383.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .YT..N-O3*3 QH6
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Nitric acid, yttrium(3+)salt, hexahydrate
   * Yttriumnitrat
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 16600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 141,273,1929
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 350 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 141,273,1929

                              *** 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

                    *** 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

 
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