*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BR9050000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium(I) nitrate (1:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6484-52-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : H3-N.H-N-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 80.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  Z&  N-O3
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ammonium nitrate
   * Ammonium saltpeter
   * Herco prills
   * Nitric acid, ammonium salt
   * Varioform I
 
                       *** 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           : 2217 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 52(8),25,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2085 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 57(2),66,1992
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 65 mg/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - transaminases
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 52(8),25,1987

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 06163
       No. of Facilities: 2648 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 40
       No. of Occupations: 42
       No. of Employees: 22889 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 06163
       No. of Facilities: 3715 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 59
       No. of Occupations: 55
       No. of Employees: 57833 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 9824 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***