*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KH9370300
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethane, 1,2-dibromotetrafluoro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 124-73-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1740342
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00160 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-Br2-F4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 259.84
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : FXFEXFFE
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,2-Dibromoperfluoroethane
   * sym-Dibromotetrafluoroethane
   * 1,2-Dibromotetrafluoroethane
   * 1,2-Dibromo-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane
   * Ethane, 1,2-dibromo-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-
   * F-114B2
   * FC 114B2
   * Fluobrene
   * Freon 114B2
   * Halon 2402
   * Khladon 114B2
   * R 114B2
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 584 gm/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: OTS0571410
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 gm/m3/2H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   TLSMA6 Trudy Leningradskogo Sanitarno-Gigienicheskogo Meditsinskogo
   Instituta.  (Leningrad, Russia) V.1-145, 1949-82.  Discontinued.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 75,241,1963

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82198
       No. of Facilities: 11 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 357 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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