*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WI4370000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Stearic acid, lithium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 4485-12-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H35-O2.Li
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 290.47
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV17 &-LI-
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Lithalure
   * Lithium octadecanoate
   * Lithium stearate
   * Litholite
   * Octadecanoic acid, lithium salt
   * Stavinor
 
                       *** 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           : 15 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   JACTDZ Journal of the American College of Toxicology.  (Mary Ann Liebert,
   Inc., 1651 Third Ave., New York, NY 10128)  V.1-12, 1982-1993. Discontinued.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 1(2),143,1982

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83508
       No. of Facilities: 18288 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 137
       No. of Occupations: 57
       No. of Employees: 133758 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83508
       No. of Facilities: 12143 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 126
       No. of Occupations: 70
       No. of Employees: 189831 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 27701 (estimated)

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

 
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