*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VW3850000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Silver cyanide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 506-64-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 4360924
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00050 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-Ag-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 133.89
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  AG  CN
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cyanure d'argent
   * Kyanid stribrny
   * RCRA waste number P104
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,13,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,13,1972
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 123 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,13,1972

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81115
       No. of Facilities: 483 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 15
       No. of Employees: 2560 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81115
       No. of Facilities: 1252 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 25
       No. of Occupations: 23
       No. of Employees: 16168 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 4054 (estimated)

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

 
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