CALCIUM CYANIDE
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Names
[ CAS No. ]:
592-01-8
[ Name ]:
CALCIUM CYANIDE
[Synonym ]:
Calcium cyanide (mixture)
Cyanure de calcium
EINECS 209-740-0
Cyanide of calcium
Cyanogas
Caswell No. 142
Calcyan
Calcyanide
calcium,dicyanide
Calcium cyanide (Ca(CN)2)
Calcid
Calciumcyanid
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
1.4014
[ Boiling Point ]:
25.7ºC at 760 mmHg
[ Melting Point ]:
640ºC
[ Molecular Formula ]:
C2CaN2
[ Molecular Weight ]:
92.11280
[ Flash Point ]:
>110°C
[ Exact Mass ]:
91.96870
[ PSA ]:
47.58000
[ LogP ]:
0.03356
[ Vapour Pressure ]:
740mmHg at 25°C
[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.4544
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- EW0700000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Calcium cyanide
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 592-01-8
- BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. :
- 3926685
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199712
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 8
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- C2-Ca-N2
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 92.12
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- CA CN2
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 :
- 39 mg/kg
- REFERENCE :
- AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,470,1969 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-CL 5 mg(Cn)/m3 (skin) 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 *** EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,7740,1989 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH RECOMMENDED EXPOSURE LEVEL (REL) : NIOSH REL TO CYANIDE-air:CL 4.7 ppm(CN)/10M 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 - M2865 No. of Facilities: 287 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 2 No. of Employees: 12607 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - M2865 No. of Facilities: 242 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 2 No. of Employees: 3606 (estimated)
Safety Information
[ Hazard Codes ]:
T+,N
[ Risk Phrases ]:
28-32-50/53
[ Safety Phrases ]:
7/8-23-36/37-45-60-61
[ RIDADR ]:
1575
[ RTECS ]:
UF0690000
[ Packaging Group ]:
III
[ Hazard Class ]:
6.1(a)
[ HS Code ]:
2837199012
Synthetic Route
Precursor & DownStream
Precursor
DownStream
Customs
[ HS Code ]: 2837199012