RTECS NUMBER : WS5650000
CHEMICAL NAME : Sulfuric acid, aluminum potassium salt (2:1:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 10043-67-1
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA : O8-S2.Al.K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 258.20
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Aluminum potassium alum
* Aluminum potassium disulfate
* Aluminum potassium sulfate, alum
* Aluminum potassium sulfate, anhydrous
* Alum potassium
* Burnt alum
* Burnt potassium alum
* Dialuminum dipotassium sulfate
* Exsiccated alum
* Potash alum
* Potassium aluminum sulfate (1:1:2)
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 4355 mg/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - alteration of classical conditioning
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - phosphatases
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 43(5),101,1978
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 8040 mg/kg/67D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in phosphorus
REFERENCE :
FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year:
10,616,1988
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 50 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 264,135,1991
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 824 mg/kg/7D (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
CYTBAI Cytobios. (Faculty Press, 88 Regent St., Cambridge, UK) V.1- 1969-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 66,105,1991
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X4506
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No. of Industries: 7
No. of Occupations: 12
No. of Employees: 8512 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 1433 (estimated)