*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EW2985000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Calcium(II) nitrate (1:2)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10124-37-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : N2-O6.Ca
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 164.10
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .CA..NO3*2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Calcium dinitrate
   * Calcium saltpeter
   * Nitric acid, calcium salt
   * Norge saltpeter
   * Norway saltpeter
   * Norwegian saltpeter
   * Synfat 1006
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 302 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 46(12),66,1981

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81753
       No. of Facilities: 252 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 12
       No. of Occupations: 12
       No. of Employees: 2102 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81753
       No. of Facilities: 350 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 13
       No. of Occupations: 21
       No. of Employees: 19867 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 10730 (estimated)

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

 
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