Sulfur hexafluoride

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

F6-S

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

146.06

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

S F6

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

DOSE/DURATION :

5790 mg/kg

REFERENCE :

TOLED5 Toxicology Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1977- Volume(issue)/page/year: 1000(Sp Iss 1),100,198 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 5970 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 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 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: 3,239,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 1000 ppm (6000 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 1000 ppm (6000 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 1000 ppm (6000 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 1000 ppm (6000 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 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 1000 ppm (5970 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3);STEL 1250 ppm (7500 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 5000 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 1000 ppm (6000 mg/m3);STEL 1250 ppm 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 SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE-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 - 70865 No. of Facilities: 30 (estimated) No. of Industries: 4 No. of Occupations: 4 No. of Employees: 177 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 70865 No. of Facilities: 264 (estimated) No. of Industries: 9 No. of Occupations: 11 No. of Employees: 9282 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 1529 (estimated)