*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TP1870000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Platinate(2-), tetrakis(thiocyanato)-, dipotassium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 14244-61-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 20
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-K2-N4-Pt-S4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 505.61
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .KA2.PT-SCN4
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Potassium tetrakisthiocyanatoplatinate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - active as anti-cancer agent
REFERENCE :
   VOONAW Voprosy Onkologii.  Problems of Oncology.  For English translation,
   see PONCAU. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-10,
   1928-37; V.1-    1955-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25(11),47,1979

                              *** 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

 
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