RTECS NUMBER : LW9675000
CHEMICAL NAME : Gallium phosphide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 12063-98-8
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Ga-P
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 100.69
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Gallium monophosphide
*** 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 : 8 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
(usually neuromuscular blockage)
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - food intake (animal)
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 45(10),13,1980
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 82941
No. of Facilities: 22 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 3
No. of Employees: 464 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
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