*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GE7875000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Citric acid, plutonium(6+) salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5746-13-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199412
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H5-O7.Pu
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 433.11
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Plutonium citrate
   * 1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxy-, plutonium(3+) salt (1:1)
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - pulse rate increase, without fall in BP
   Blood - change in clotting factors
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   NSABA2 Nuclear Science Abstracts.  (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Div. of
   Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37830)  V.1-  1948
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,18,1948
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 350 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NSABA2 Nuclear Science Abstracts.  (U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Div. of
   Technical Information, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, TN 37830)  V.1-  1948
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,18,1948
 
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