Tellurium
Names
[ CAS No. ]:
13494-80-9
[ Name ]:
Tellurium
[Synonym ]:
Telloy
teluro
hydrogen telluride
Tellur [Polish]
Tellurium powder
EINECS 236-813-4
Tellurium
Tellurwasserstoff
Te
MFCD00134062
Aurum paradoxum
Tellur
Tellurium,metallic
Metallum problematum
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
6.25
[ Boiling Point ]:
900 ºC
[ Melting Point ]:
500 ºC
[ Molecular Formula ]:
Te
[ Molecular Weight ]:
127.600
[ Exact Mass ]:
129.906219
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- WY2625000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Tellurium
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 13494-80-9
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199712
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 38
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- Te
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 127.60
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- TE
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 :
- >5 gm/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- TNONF* TNO-report. (TNO Nutrition and Food Research, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, Utrechtseweg 48, 3704 HE Zeist, Netherlands) Volume(issue)/page/year: TNO-91-063
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Inhalation
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- >2420 mg/m3/4H
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
- REFERENCE :
- TNONF* TNO-report. (TNO Nutrition and Food Research, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, Utrechtseweg 48, 3704 HE Zeist, Netherlands) Volume(issue)/page/year: TNO-92-008
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intratracheal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 200 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes Liver - other changes Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
- REFERENCE :
- AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,100,1978
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - mouse
- DOSE/DURATION :
- >5 gm/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- TNONF* TNO-report. (TNO Nutrition and Food Research, P.O. Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, Utrechtseweg 48, 3704 HE Zeist, Netherlands) Volume(issue)/page/year: TNO-91-O64
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rabbit
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 67 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: -,107,1982
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - guinea pig
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 45 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: -,107,1982 ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 3300 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 1-22 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
- REFERENCE :
- EXNEAC Experimental Neurology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,1,1971
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 1693 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 6-15 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - craniofacial (including nose and tongue) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
- REFERENCE :
- FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,691,1988
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- DOSE :
- 6064 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 6-15 day(s) after conception
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - other neonatal measures or effects
- REFERENCE :
- FAATDF Fundamental and Applied Toxicology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1981- Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,691,1988
- TYPE OF TEST :
- TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intramuscular
- DOSE :
- 13 mg/kg
- SEX/DURATION :
- female 10 day(s) after conception
- REFERENCE :
- EXPEAM Experientia. (Birkhaeuser Verlag, POB 133, CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland) V.1- 1945- Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,1444,1972 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.1 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 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.1 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: 3,245,1971 OSHA PEL (Gen Indu):8H TWA 0.1 mg(Te)/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 0.1 mg(Te)/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 0.1 mg(Te)/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 0.1 mg(Te)/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 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.1 mg/m3;STEL 0.3 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWITZERLAND:TWA 0.1 mg/m3;STEL 0.5 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-TURKEY:TWA 0.1 mg/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.1 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 TELLURIUM AND COMPOUNDS-air:10H TWA 0.1 mg/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 - 71197 No. of Facilities: 192 (estimated) No. of Industries: 5 No. of Occupations: 8 No. of Employees: 472 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 71197 No. of Facilities: 422 (estimated) No. of Industries: 10 No. of Occupations: 16 No. of Employees: 12284 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 3098 (estimated)
Safety Information
[ Symbol ]:
GHS07, GHS08
[ Signal Word ]:
Danger
[ Hazard Statements ]:
H317-H332-H360-H412
[ Precautionary Statements ]:
P201-P261-P280-P308 + P313
[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Eyeshields;Faceshields;Gloves;type P2 (EN 143) respirator cartridges
[ Hazard Codes ]:
T:Toxic;
[ Risk Phrases ]:
R25
[ Safety Phrases ]:
S45
[ RIDADR ]:
UN 3288 6.1/PG 3
[ WGK Germany ]:
3
[ RTECS ]:
WY2625000
[ Packaging Group ]:
III
[ Hazard Class ]:
8
Synthetic Route
Precursor & DownStream
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