*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DA3050000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzene, hexafluoro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 392-56-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-F6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 186.06
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FR BF CF DF EF FF
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Hexafluorobenzene
   * Perfluorobenzene
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >25 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0571186
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 95 gm/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   IZSBAI Izvestiya Sibirskogo Otdeleniya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya
   Biologomeditsinskikh Nauk. (Novosibirsk, USSR)  No.1-3, 1963-68.  For
   publisher information, see ISBNBN.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,91,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 11800 ppm/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0571186

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 5 mg/m3 JAN 1993

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84193
       No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 41 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***