*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DP4500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzylamine, N,N-dimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 103-83-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H13-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 135.23
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1N1&1R
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Araldite accelerator 062
   * BDMA
   * Benzenemethanamine, N,N-dimethyl-
   * Benzyl-N,N-dimethylamine
   * N-Benzyldimethylamine
   * N,N-Dimethylbenzenemethanamine
   * Dimethylbenzylamine
   * N,N-Dimethylbenzylamine
   * N-(Phenylmethyl)dimethylamine
   * Sumine 2015
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/4H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   DCTODJ Drug and Chemical Toxicology.  (Marcel Dekker, 270 Madison Ave., New
   York, NY 10016) V.1-    1977/78-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,43,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   DCTODJ Drug and Chemical Toxicology.  (Marcel Dekker, 270 Madison Ave., New
   York, NY 10016) V.1-    1977/78-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,43,1985
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 265 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   KorCJ# Personal Communication from C.J. Korpics, Sherwin-Williams Chemicals,
   1310 Expressway Drive,t/ Toledo, OH 43608, Aug. 22, 1974
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 22AUG1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1200 mg/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,6,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LCLo - Lowest published lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1200 mg/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,6,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1660 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - excitement
REFERENCE :
   DCTODJ Drug and Chemical Toxicology.  (Marcel Dekker, 270 Madison Ave., New
   York, NY 10016) V.1-    1977/78-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,43,1985
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 mg/m3/4H/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,6,1963

                    *** 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 - 83034
       No. of Facilities: 142 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 5
       No. of Occupations: 34
       No. of Employees: 23940 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83034
       No. of Facilities: 110 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 8
       No. of Occupations: 8
       No. of Employees: 2150 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 249 (estimated)

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

 
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