*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ED1925000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Borane, trichloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10294-34-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : B-Cl3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 117.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GBGG
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Boron chloride
   * Chlorure de bore
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2541 ppm/1H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,417,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 ppm/7H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Skin and Appendages - dermatitis, other (after systemic exposure)
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   14KTAK "Boron, Metallo-Boron Compounds and Boranes," Adams, R.M., ed., New
   York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1964  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,693,1964

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 12970
       No. of Facilities: 15 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 367 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 12970
       No. of Facilities: 70 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 1125 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 613 (estimated)

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

 
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