*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WW8223000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Tartaric acid, monopotassium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 868-14-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H5-O6.K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 188.19
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acid potassium tartrate
   * Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-, (R-(R*,R*))-, monopotassium salt
   * Cream of tartar
   * Cremor tartari
   * Faccla
   * Faccula
   * Faecla
   * Faecula
   * Monopotassium tartrate
   * Potassium acid tartrate
   * Potassium bitartrate
   * Potassium hydrogen tartrate
   * Potassium tartrate
   * Tartar
   * Tartar cream
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 22 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,689,1961

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83461
       No. of Facilities: 513 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 7
       No. of Occupations: 13
       No. of Employees: 3186 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83461
       No. of Facilities: 943 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 15
       No. of Employees: 20484 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 3603 (estimated)

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

 
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