*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WW8050000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Tartaric acid, diammonium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3164-29-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-O6.2H3-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 184.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVYQYQVQ &ZH 2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ammonium tartrate
   * Ammonium d-tartrate
   * Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-, (R-(R*,R*))-, diammonium salt
   * Diammonium tartrate
   * 2,3-Dihydroxy-butanedioic acid, diammonium salt
   * L-Tartaric acid, ammonium salt
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1130 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1289,1935
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 113 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1289,1935

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81706
       No. of Facilities: 14 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 238 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 81706
       No. of Facilities: 46 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 511 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 325 (estimated)

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

 
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