Beryllium
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Names
[ CAS No. ]:
7440-41-7
[ Name ]:
Beryllium
[Synonym ]:
Beryllium metallic
Beryllium, elemental
Beryllium powder
berilio
Beryllium dust
Beryllium, powder [UN1567] [Poison]
Glucinum
BERYLLIUM
MFCD00134032
Glucinium
Beryllium and compounds
Beryllium metal
EINECS 231-150-7
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
1.85 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
[ Boiling Point ]:
2970 °C(lit.)
[ Melting Point ]:
1278 °C(lit.)
[ Molecular Formula ]:
Be
[ Molecular Weight ]:
9.012
[ Exact Mass ]:
9.012182
[ Stability ]:
Stable. Incompatible with acids, bases, oxidizing agents, halogen compounds, halogens, alkali metals.
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- DS1750000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Beryllium
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 7440-41-7
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199712
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 62
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- Be
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 9.01
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- BE
HEALTH HAZARD DATA
ACUTE TOXICITY DATA
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intravenous
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 496 ug/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Liver - hepatitis (hepatocellular necrosis), zonal
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intratracheal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 13 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - bronchiogenic carcinoma
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intravenous
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 20 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Musculoskeletal - tumors
- TYPE OF TEST :
- DNA inhibition
MUTATION DATA
- TYPE OF TEST :
- DNA adduct
- TEST SYSTEM :
- Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
- REFERENCE :
- MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 89,95,1981 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-SUSPECTED HUMAN CARCINOGEN 85INA8 "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices," 5th ed., Cincinnati, OH, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Inc., 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,1/BEI,1997 ACGIH TLV-Suspected human carcinogen 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 ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.002 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 IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,17,1972 IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,143,1980 IARC Cancer Review:Animal Sufficient Evidence IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,41,1993 IARC Cancer Review:Human Limited Evidence IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,143,1980 IARC Cancer Review:Human Sufficient Evidence IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,41,1993 IARC Cancer Review:Group 1 IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man. (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210) V.1- 1972- Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,41,1993 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW CRTXB2 CRC Critical Reviews in Toxicology. (CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431) V.1- 1971- Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,235,1972 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW 85CVA2 "Oncology 1970, Proceedings of the Tenth International Cancer Congress," Chicago, Year Book Medical Pub., 1971 Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,63,1970 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW CTOXAO Clinical Toxicology. (New York, NY) V.1-18, 1968-81. For publisher information, see JTCTDW. Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,497,1973 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW AEMBAP Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013) V.1- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,239,1973 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW AJMEAZ American Journal of Medicine. (Technical Pub., 875 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022) V.1- 1946- Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,409,1965 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161) Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information. Volume(issue)/page/year: CONF-691001 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW AMTODM Advances in Modern Toxicology. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, NY 10016) V.1, 1976-79. Discontinued. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,209,1977 TOXICOLOGY REVIEW SCIEAS Science. (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1895- Volume(issue)/page/year: 201,298,1978 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.002 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: 3,24,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.002 mg(Be)/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 0.002 mg(Be)/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 0.002 mg(Be)/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 0.002 mg(Be)/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 0.002 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.001 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;STEL 0.006 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:STEL 0.001 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-INDIA:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.002 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.002 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.001 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.001 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;Carcinogen JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:TWA 0.002 mg/m3;STEL 0.005 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.002 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.002 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 BERYLLIUM-air:CA not to exceed 0.0005 mg(Be)/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 - 11770 No. of Facilities: 344 (estimated) No. of Industries: 8 No. of Occupations: 17 No. of Employees: 10510 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 11770 No. of Facilities: 421 (estimated) No. of Industries: 22 No. of Occupations: 29 No. of Employees: 13938 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 739 (estimated)
Safety Information
[ Symbol ]:
GHS06, GHS08
[ Signal Word ]:
Danger
[ Hazard Statements ]:
H301-H315-H317-H319-H330-H335-H350i-H372
[ Precautionary Statements ]:
P201-P260-P280-P284-P301 + P310 + P330-P304 + P340 + P310
[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Eyeshields;Faceshields;Gloves;type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges
[ Hazard Codes ]:
T+,T
[ Risk Phrases ]:
R49
[ Safety Phrases ]:
S53-S45
[ RIDADR ]:
UN 1567 6.1/PG 2
[ WGK Germany ]:
1
[ RTECS ]:
DS1750000
[ Packaging Group ]:
III
[ Hazard Class ]:
8
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