*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QJ9710000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Naphthalene, mononitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 27254-36-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199606
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H7-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 173.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L66J XNW
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Mononitronaphthalene
   * Nitrol
   * Naphthalene, nitro-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC - Lethal concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >1100 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24(12),36,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
REFERENCE :
   GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya.  Labor Hygiene and
   Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)
   V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24(2),39,1980

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993

 
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