RTECS NUMBER : SD8150000
CHEMICAL NAME : Peroxide, bis(alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzyl)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 80-43-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2056090
REFERENCE : 4-06-00-03225 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C18-H22-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 270.40
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1X1&R&OOX1&1&R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Active dicumyl peroxide
* Bis(alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzyl)peroxide
* Cumene peroxide
* Cumyl peroxide
* Dicumyl peroxide
* Di-alpha-cumyl peroxide
* Di-Cup
* Di-Cup 40 KE
* Di-cupr
* Diisopropylbenzene peroxide
* Isopropylbenzene peroxide
* Luperox 500R
* Luperox 500T
* Peroxide, bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)
* Varox dcp-R
* Varox dcp-T
*** 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 : 4100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
BSPII* SPI Bulletin. (Soc. of the Plastics Industry, 250 Park Ave., New
York, NY 10017) Volume(issue)/page/year: 1/75-19B
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 3500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
34ZIAG "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W.B., New York,
Academic Press, Inc., 1969 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,655,1969
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 80273
No. of Facilities: 256 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 7
No. of Occupations: 25
No. of Employees: 5641 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 80273
No. of Facilities: 606 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 11
No. of Occupations: 26
No. of Employees: 17958 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 8122 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
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