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RTECS NUMBER            : JN4950000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Disodium octaborate, tetrahydrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 12008-41-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : B8-Na2-O13
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 340.46
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .NA2.B8-O7-Q12
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Polybor
   * Polybor 3
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FMCHA2 Farm Chemicals Handbook.  (Meister Pub., 37841 Euclid Ave.,
   Willoughy, OH 44094)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,C244,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 5300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   28ZEAL "Pesticide Index," Frear, E.H., ed., State College, PA, College
   Science Pub., 1969  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,85,1976

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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