*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FL0350000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cesium iodide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7789-17-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cs-I
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 259.81
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  CS  I
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cesium monoiodide
   * Dicesium diiodide
   * Tricesium triiodide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2386 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: TR-74,1,1972
 
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 :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4474
       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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