*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : CG5775000
CHEMICAL NAME : Arsenous trifluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7784-35-2
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 46
MOLECULAR FORMULA : As-F3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 131.92
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : AS F3
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Arsenic fluoride
* Arsenic trifluoride
* Arsenous fluoride
* TL 156
* Trifluoroarsine
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2000 mg/m3/10M
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NDRC** National Defense Research Committee, Office of Scientific Research
and Development, Progress Report. Volume(issue)/page/year:
NDCrc-132,AUG1942
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.01 mg(As)/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
ACGIH TLV-TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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
ACGIH TLV-Confirmed human carcinogen
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 0.5 mg(As)/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: 3,16,1971
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 2.5 mg(F)/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 2.5 mg(F)/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 2.5 mg(F)/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
OSHA-cancer hazard
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1018,1987
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.5 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3;STEL 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.5 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.3 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.03 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg(As)/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1.8 ppm (1.5 mg(F)/m3);STEL 9.0 ppm JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.5 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.5 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.2 mg(As)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
NIOSH REL TO ARSENIC, INORGANIC-air:CA CL 0.002 mg(As)/m3/15M
REFERENCE :
NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
NIOSH CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN 14, 1976
*** END OF RECORD ***