*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SD8150000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Peroxide, bis(alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzyl)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 80-43-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2056090
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-03225 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H22-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 270.40
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1X1&R&OOX1&1&R
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Active dicumyl peroxide
   * Bis(alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzyl)peroxide
   * Cumene peroxide
   * Cumyl peroxide
   * Dicumyl peroxide
   * Di-alpha-cumyl peroxide
   * Di-Cup
   * Di-Cup 40 KE
   * Di-cupr
   * Diisopropylbenzene peroxide
   * Isopropylbenzene peroxide
   * Luperox 500R
   * Luperox 500T
   * Peroxide, bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)
   * Varox dcp-R
   * Varox dcp-T
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BSPII* SPI Bulletin.  (Soc. of the Plastics Industry, 250 Park Ave., New
   York, NY 10017)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1/75-19B
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   34ZIAG "Toxicology of Drugs and Chemicals," Deichmann, W.B., New York,
   Academic Press, Inc., 1969  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,655,1969

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80273
       No. of Facilities: 256 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 7
       No. of Occupations: 25
       No. of Employees: 5641 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 80273
       No. of Facilities: 606 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 11
       No. of Occupations: 26
       No. of Employees: 17958 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 8122 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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