*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PB2685000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methanesulfonic acid, silver(1+) salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2386-52-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 14
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H3-O3-S.Ag
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 202.97
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WS1&O &-AG- &9/5
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methanesulfonic acid, silver salt
   * Silver methanesulfonate
   * Silver methylsulfonate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 18 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#00622

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,231,1971

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3;STEL 0.03 mg(Ag)/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.01 mg(Ag)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

 
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