* Calcid
* Calcium cyanide
* Calcyan
* Calcyanide
* Cyanogas
* Cyanure de calcium
* RCRA waste number P021
*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : EW0700000
CHEMICAL NAME : Calcium cyanide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 592-01-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3926685
REFERENCE : 3-02-00-00061 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C2-Ca-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 92.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : CA CN2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Calcid
* Calcium cyanide
* Calcyan
* Calcyanide
* Cyanogas
* Cyanure de calcium
* RCRA waste number P021
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 39 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf
Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
30,470,1969
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-CL 5 mg(Cn)/m3 (skin)
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 ***
EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year:
54,7740,1989
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO CYANIDE-air:CL 4.7 ppm(CN)/10M
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - M2865
No. of Facilities: 287 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 2
No. of Employees: 12607 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - M2865
No. of Facilities: 242 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 2
No. of Employees: 3606 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
On EPA IRIS database
*** END OF RECORD ***
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