*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BQ6650000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium formate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 540-69-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H2-O2.H3-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 63.07
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHO &ZH
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Formic acid, ammonium salt
   * Mravencan amonny
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZERNAL Zeitschrift fuer Ernaehrungswissenschaft.  (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff
   Verlag, Postfach 111008, D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1- 1960- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,332,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 410 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZERNAL Zeitschrift fuer Ernaehrungswissenschaft.  (Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff
   Verlag, Postfach 111008, D-6100 Darmstadt 11, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1- 1960- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,332,1969

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M1467
       No. of Facilities: 5 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 30 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M1467
       No. of Facilities: 211 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 8
       No. of Employees: 4037 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 28 (estimated)

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

 
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