*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QV0600000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nitric acid, pentyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1002-16-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1702825
REFERENCE               : 3-01-00-01605 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H11-N-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 133.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WNO5
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Amylester kyseliny dusicne
   * Nitrate d'amyle
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1807 ppm/7H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,290,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1807 ppm/7H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,290,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 1703 ppm
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
REFERENCE :
   AMIHAB AMA Archives of Industrial Health.  (Chicago, IL)  V.11-21, 1955-60.
   For publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,290,1955

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X3561
       No. of Facilities: 3 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 82 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 14 (estimated)

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***