*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KH7877500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethane, chloropentafluoro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 76-15-3
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 12770-91-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1740329
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-00129 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 20
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C2-Cl-F5
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 154.47
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GXFFXFFF
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chloropentafluoroethane
   * F-115
   * Fluorocarbon-115
   * Freon 115
   * Genetron 115
   * Halocarbon 115
   * Monochloropentafluoroethane
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4880 gm/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOVEFN Toksikologicheskii Vestnik.  (18-20 Vadkovskii per.  Moscow, 101479,
   Russia) History Unknown  Volume(issue)/page/year: (3),25,1996

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 6320 mg/m3 (1000 ppm)
   DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices
   (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial
   Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   TLV/BEI,1997

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   FAZMAE Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung.  Progress in Drug Research.
   (Birkhauser Boston, Inc., c/o Springer-Verlag New York, 44 Hartz Way,
   Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,365,1974

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 1000 ppm (6320 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1000 ppm (6320 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1000 ppm (6300 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1000 ppm (6320 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 100 mg/m3;STEL 200 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 100 ppm (6320 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 3000 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1000 ppm (6400 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1000 ppm (6320 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL IN BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA check ACGIH TLV
   
   OEL IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM check ACGIH TLV

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

NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) :
   NIOSH REL TO CHLOROPENTAFLUOROETHANE-air:10H TWA 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   NIOSH* National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of
   Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: DHHS #92-100,1992

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M1142
       No. of Facilities: 15 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 5
       No. of Employees: 372 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M1142
       No. of Facilities: 1409 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 10
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 14351 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 165 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   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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