*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FK9275000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cesium bromide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7787-69-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Br-Cs
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 212.82
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CS  E
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Tricesium tribromide
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHOAX Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine.  (Chicago,
   IL)  V.1-2(3), 1950.  For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,637,1950

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - A1079
       No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 21 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - A1079
       No. of Facilities: 14 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 1452 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 230 (estimated)

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

 
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