*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QR6495000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nickel cyanide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 557-19-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 4124365
REFERENCE               : 2-02-00-00037 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 32
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-N2-Ni
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 110.75
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .NI..CN2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dicyanonickel
   * Nickel dicyanide
   * Nickel(II) cyanide
   * RCRA waste number P074

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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:
   TLV/BEI,1997

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/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:
   3,178,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3;Skin;Carcinogen (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.005 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.05 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 mg(Ni)/m3 (insoluble compounds) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1 mg(Ni)/mg;STEL 3 mg(Ni)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82846
       No. of Facilities: 74 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 329 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82846
       No. of Facilities: 80 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 5
       No. of Employees: 770 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 228 (estimated)

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

 
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