*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EW3000000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Calcium(II) nitrate, tetrahydrate (1:2:4)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13477-34-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : N2-O6.Ca.4H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 236.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CA  N-O3*2 &QH 4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Calcium dinitrate tetrahydrate
   * Dusicnan vapenaty
   * Nitric acid, calcium salt, tetrahydrate
 
                       *** 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/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,9,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,9,1972
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
   Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
   Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,9,1972

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9989
       No. of Facilities: 44 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 3655 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1593 (estimated)

 
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