*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : BD0725000
CHEMICAL NAME : Aluminum fluoride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 7784-18-1
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 40
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Al-F3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 83.98
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .AL..F3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Aluminium fluorure
* Aluminum trifluoride
* Fluorid hlinity
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku,"
Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu
Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,20,1972
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 103 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 30(4),16,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION : 1680 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
CRSBAW Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses
Filiales. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.1- 1849-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 124,133,1937
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION : 1450 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
MTPEEI Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaya Ekologiya. Industrial Medicine and
Ecology. (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, ul.B. Yakimanka, 39 117049 Moscow, Russia)
No.1- 1993- Volume(issue)/page/year: (7),32,1994
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 3218 mg/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Musculoskeletal - changes in teeth and supporting structures
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 30(4),16,1965
*** REVIEWS ***
ACGIH TLV-TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3
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
*** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1910.1000,1994
OSHA PEL (Construc):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1926.55,1994
OSHA PEL (Shipyard):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1915.1000,1993
OSHA PEL (Fed Cont):8H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt.
of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) Volume(issue)/page/year:
41,50-204.50,1994
*** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-DENMARK:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FINLAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-FRANCE:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-GERMANY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3;STEL 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-POLAND:TWA 1 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.5 mg/m3;STEL 2.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 2 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1.8 ppm;STEL 9.0 ppm JAN 1993
OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-THAILAND:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-TURKEY:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2 mg(Al)/m3 JAN 1993
OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 2.5 mg(F)/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 FLUORIDES, INORGANIC-air:10H TWA 2.5 mg(F)/m3
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 :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X2628
No. of Facilities: 9 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 2
No. of Occupations: 1
No. of Employees: 175 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***