*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZH8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Zirconium nitrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13746-89-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 24
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : N4-O12.Zr
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 339.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  ZR  N-O3*2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dusicnan zirkonicity
 
                       *** 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           : 2290 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   MarJV# Personal Communication from J.V. Marhold, VUOS, 539-18, Pardubice,
   Czechoslavakia, Mar. 29, 1977  Volume(issue)/page/year: 29MAR1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/m3/30M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AEC-TR-6710

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3; STEL 10 mg(Zr)/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

   ACGIH TLV-Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
   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 5 mg(Zr)/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:
   3,285,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 5 mg(Zr)/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 5 mg(Zr)/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 5 mg(Zr)/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 5 mg(Zr)/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 5 mg(Zr)/m3;STEL 10 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3;STEL 10 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 5 mg(Zr)/m3;STEL 10 mg(Zr)/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 OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9524
       No. of Facilities: 5 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 268 (estimated)

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

 
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