Silver cyanide

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Names

[ CAS No. ]:
506-64-9

[ Name ]:
Silver cyanide

[Synonym ]:
(Cyano-κC)silver
MFCD00003409
Silver cyanide (Ag(CN))
EINECS 208-048-6
Silver cyanide [UN1684] [Poison]
silver(I)cyanide
Silver, (cyano-κC)-
Silver cyanide
Silver(1+) cyanide
Silver fulminate

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Density]:
3.95

[ Boiling Point ]:
25.7ºC at 760 mmHg

[ Melting Point ]:
300ºC

[ Molecular Formula ]:
CAgN

[ Molecular Weight ]:
133.886

[ Exact Mass ]:
132.908173

[ PSA ]:
23.79000

[ LogP ]:
0.01678

[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.685

[ Stability ]:
May decompose in light. Incompatible with strong acids, ammonia, hydrogen peroxide. Forms an explosive mixture with fluorine.

MSDS

Toxicological Information

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :
VW3850000
CHEMICAL NAME :
Silver cyanide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
506-64-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. :
4360924
LAST UPDATED :
199701
DATA ITEMS CITED :
7
MOLECULAR FORMULA :
C-Ag-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
133.89
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
AG CN

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :
Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rabbit
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: -,13,1972
TYPE OF TEST :
Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rabbit
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: -,13,1972 ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION :
123 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: -,13,1972 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 81115 No. of Facilities: 483 (estimated) No. of Industries: 16 No. of Occupations: 15 No. of Employees: 2560 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 81115 No. of Facilities: 1252 (estimated) No. of Industries: 25 No. of Occupations: 23 No. of Employees: 16168 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 4054 (estimated)

Safety Information

[ Symbol ]:

GHS05, GHS06, GHS09

[ Signal Word ]:
Danger

[ Hazard Statements ]:
H300 + H310 + H330-H318-H410

[ Supplemental HS ]:
Contact with acids liberates very toxic gas.

[ Precautionary Statements ]:
Missing Phrase - N15.00950417-P280-P302 + P352 + P310-P304 + P340 + P310-P305 + P351 + P338 + P310

[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
dust mask type N95 (US);Eyeshields;Faceshields;Gloves;type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges

[ Hazard Codes ]:
T+:Verytoxic;N:Dangerous for the environment;

[ Risk Phrases ]:
R26/27/28;R32;R50/53

[ Safety Phrases ]:
S28-S29-S45-S60-S61-S7

[ RIDADR ]:
UN 1684

[ WGK Germany ]:
3

[ RTECS ]:
VW3850000

[ Packaging Group ]:
II

[ Hazard Class ]:
6.1

[ HS Code ]:
2843290010

Precursor & DownStream

Precursor

  • Silver
  • Acetonitrile
  • cyanide
  • Silver, ion
  • dicyano argentate (I) (1-)
  • tetrabutylammonium cyanide
  • Silver cyanate
  • lithium dicyano argentate (I)
  • HYDROGEN CYANIDE
  • Silver nitrite

DownStream

  • tricyanophosphine
  • cyanogen
  • Heptafluorobutyric acid
  • heptafluoropropyl-hydroxy-malonic acid diamide
  • Pentafluoropropanoic acid
  • hydroxy-pentafluoroethyl-malonic acid diamide
  • Dimethyl(2-methyl-2-propanyl)silanecarbonitrile
  • Cyanogen chloride
  • cyanyl
  • 4-methylpentanenitrile

Customs

[ HS Code ]: 2843290010

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