*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TP1650000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Platinate(2-), hexachloro-, dipotassium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 16921-30-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 24
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C16-Pt.2K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 465.45
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .KA2.PT-G6
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Platinic potassium chloride
   * Potassium chloroplatinate
   * Potassium hexachloroplatinate(IV)
   * Potassium platinic chloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intradermal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Skin and Appendages - primary irritation (after topical exposure)
   Skin and Appendages - corrosive (after topical exposure)
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,2766,1975
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   CYGEDX Cytology and Genetics (English Translation).  Translation of TGANAK.
   (Allerton Press Inc., 150 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011)  V.8-    1974-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 13(6),50,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 12500 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,66,1971/1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,65,1979

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3
   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 ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3
   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:
   3,213,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1910.1000,1994

   OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1926.55,1994

   OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,1915.1000,1993

   OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3
   CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
   of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,50-204.50,1994

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 (dust) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.002 mg(Pt)/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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