Antimony
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Names
[ CAS No. ]:
7440-36-0
[ Name ]:
Antimony
[Synonym ]:
antimonyblack
MFCD00134030
EINECS 231-146-5
antimony metal
Stibium
Grey antimony
highpurity
Antymon
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
6.69 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
[ Boiling Point ]:
1950 °C(lit.)
[ Melting Point ]:
630 °C(lit.)
[ Molecular Formula ]:
Sb
[ Molecular Weight ]:
121.76000
[ Flash Point ]:
1380°C
[ Exact Mass ]:
120.90400
[ Water Solubility ]:
INSOLUBLE
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- CC4025000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Antimony
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 7440-36-0
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199712
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 43
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- Sb
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 121.75
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- SB
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 :
- 7 gm/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intraperitoneal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 100 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- 85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects, GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,22,1982
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intraperitoneal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - mouse
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 90 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- 85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects, GKNT, 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,22,1982
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intraperitoneal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - guinea pig
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 150 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- EQSSDX Environmental Quality and Safety, Supplement. (Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-5, 1975-76. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,1,1975 ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Inhalation
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 50 mg/m3/7H/52W-I
- REFERENCE :
- JTEHD6 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. (Hemisphere Pub., 1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1975/76- Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,607,1986 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.5 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: TLV/BEI,1997 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW FOREAE Food Research. (Champaign, IL) V.1-25, 1936-60. For publisher information, see JFDSAZ. Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,313,1942 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW PTPAD4 Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Part A: Chemotherapy, Toxicology and Metabolic Inhibitors. (Oxford, UK) V.1-2, 1976-78. For publisher information, see PHTHDT. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,157,1976 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.5 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: 3,14,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 0.5 mg(Sb)/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-ARAB Republic of Egypt:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRIA:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:.TWA (0.5 mg/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 (total dust) JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.2 mg/m3;STEL 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.5 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 ANTIMONY-air:10H TWA 0.5 mg(Sb)/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 - 07310 No. of Facilities: 2043 (estimated) No. of Industries: 21 No. of Occupations: 26 No. of Employees: 15083 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X9115 No. of Facilities: 30 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 359 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 07310 No. of Facilities: 21458 (estimated) No. of Industries: 143 No. of Occupations: 99 No. of Employees: 383579 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 139736 (estimated)
Safety Information
[ Symbol ]:
GHS07, GHS09
[ Signal Word ]:
Warning
[ Hazard Statements ]:
H302 + H332-H411
[ Precautionary Statements ]:
P273
[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Gloves
[ Hazard Codes ]:
Xn:Harmful
[ Risk Phrases ]:
R20/22;R51/53
[ Safety Phrases ]:
S60-S61-S36/37/39-S26
[ RIDADR ]:
UN 3264 8/PG 2
[ WGK Germany ]:
2
[ RTECS ]:
CC4025000
[ Packaging Group ]:
III
[ Hazard Class ]:
6.1
Synthetic Route
Precursor & DownStream
Precursor
DownStream
Articles
J. Hazard. Mater. 248-249 , 159-66, (2013)
Antimony (Sb) in air pollution control (APC) residues from municipal solid waste incineration has gained increased focus due to strict Sb leaching limits set by the EU landfill directive. Here we stud...
Anal. Chim. Acta 770 , 7-17, (2013)
A laser induced breakdown spectrometry hyphenated with on-line continuous flow hydride generation sample introduction system, HG-LIBS, has been used for the determination of arsenic, antimony, lead an...
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 7(12) , 4267-77, (2010)
Antimony toxicity occurs either due to occupational exposure or during therapy. Occupational exposure may cause respiratory irritation, pneumoconiosis, antimony spots on the skin and gastrointestinal ...