*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TB6125000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Phosphorane, pentachloro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10026-13-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 30
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl5-P
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 208.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :  P   G5
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Fosforo(pentacloruro di)
   * Fosforpentachloride
   * Pieciochlorek fosforu
   * Phosphore(pentachlorure de)
   * Phosphoric chloride
   * Phosphorous pentachloride
   * Phosphorpentachlorid
   * Phosphorus pentachloride
   * Phosphorus perchloride
 
                       *** 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           : 660 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
REFERENCE :
   TNICS* Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  English
   translation of TPKVAL.  (USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Meditsina,
   Moscow, USSR)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,104,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 205 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - food intake (animal)
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
REFERENCE :
   TNICS* Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  English
   translation of TPKVAL.  (USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Meditsina,
   Moscow, USSR)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,105,1973

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.85 mg/m3 (0.1 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

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 1 mg/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:
   3,211,1971

   OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 1 mg/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 1 mg/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 1 mg/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 1 mg/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 0.1 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 ppm (0.85 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FINLAND:STEL 1 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.1 ppm (1 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-GERMANY:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.1 ppm (0.85 mg/m3) JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.3 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.1 ppm;STEL 0.2 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993
   
   OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1 mg/m3;STEL 2 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-THAILAND:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-TURKEY:TWA 1 mg/m3 JAN 1993
   
   OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 ppm (1 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 PHOSPHORUS PENTACHLORIDE-air:10H TWA 1 mg/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 :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 59160
       No. of Facilities: 100 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 804 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 59160
       No. of Facilities: 21 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 17
       No. of Employees: 2242 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 187 (estimated)

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

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***