*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : FO0350000
CHEMICAL NAME : Chloric acid, potassium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 3811-04-9
LAST UPDATED : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Cl-O3.K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 122.55
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : KA G-O3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Anforstan
* Berthollet salt
* Berthollet's salt
* Chlorate de potassium
* Chlorate of potash
* Fekabit
* Oxymuriate of potash
* Potassio (chlorato di)
* Potassium chlorate
* Potassium (chlorate de)
* Potassium oxymuriate
* Potcrate
* Salt of tarter
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human
DOSE/DURATION : 429 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. (Leipzig,
Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-109, 1873-1925. For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,169,1886
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1870 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
30,470,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
Behavioral - coma
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams &
Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,1,1929
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 1800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
Behavioral - coma
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams &
Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,1,1929
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 1200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
HBTXAC "Handbook of Toxicology," 4 vols., Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.,
1956-59 Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,242,1955
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. (Leipzig,
Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-109, 1873-1925. For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,169,1886
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 7500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
Behavioral - coma
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams &
Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,1,1929
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION : 5 gm/kg/10D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver - fatty liver degeneration
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams &
Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 59,101,1937
*** REVIEWS ***
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
JACTDZ Journal of the American College of Toxicology. (Mary Ann Liebert,
Inc., 1651 Third Ave., New York, NY 10128) V.1-12, 1982-1993. Discontinued.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,221,1995
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 80198
No. of Facilities: 414 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 16
No. of Occupations: 15
No. of Employees: 2679 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 80198
No. of Facilities: 368 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 9
No. of Occupations: 13
No. of Employees: 8679 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 4996 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***