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RTECS NUMBER            : LW9675000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Gallium phosphide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 12063-98-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Ga-P
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 100.69
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Gallium monophosphide
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
   (usually neuromuscular blockage)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - food intake (animal)
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 45(10),13,1980

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82941
       No. of Facilities: 22 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 464 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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