*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : HD6550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Decane
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 124-18-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1696981
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00464 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H22
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 142.32
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 10H
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 72300 mg/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - antipsychotic
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 26(8),53,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 912 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
REFERENCE :
   APTOA6 Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica.  (Copenhagen, Denmark)  V.1-59,
   1945-86.  For publisher information, see PHTOEH  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   37,56,1975
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 gm/kg/52W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   9,70,1966

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - A1315
       No. of Facilities: 666 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 716 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - A1315
       No. of Facilities: 80 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 1667 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 43 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
   
   NIOSH Analytical Method, 1996: Volatile organic compound, 2549

 
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