mercuric thiocyanate
Controlled Substances
Names
[ CAS No. ]:
592-85-8
[ Name ]:
mercuric thiocyanate
[Synonym ]:
mercury(II) rhodanide
MERCURY RHODANIDE
thiocyanic acid,mercury(2+) salt
Mercury sulfocyanate
MercuricThiocyanateGr
EINECS 209-773-0
MFCD00011039
mercurythiocyanate
Hg(II) thiocyanate
mercury(II) dithiocyanate
Mercury(II) thiocyan
mercuricsulfocyanide
MERCURIC SULFOCYANATE
mercurydithiocyanate
mercury(II) thiocyanate
MERCURY SULFOCYANIDE
Chemical & Physical Properties
[ Density]:
3.71 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
[ Boiling Point ]:
146ºC at 760 mmHg
[ Melting Point ]:
165 °C (dec.)(lit.)
[ Molecular Formula ]:
C2HgN2S2
[ Molecular Weight ]:
316.75500
[ Flash Point ]:
120 °C
[ Exact Mass ]:
317.92100
[ PSA ]:
98.18000
[ LogP ]:
1.32746
[ Stability ]:
Stable. Incompatible with strong acids. May be light or moisture sensitive.
MSDS
Toxicological Information
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
- RTECS NUMBER :
- XL1550000
- CHEMICAL NAME :
- Thiocyanic acid, mercury(II) salt
- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
- 592-85-8
- LAST UPDATED :
- 199712
- DATA ITEMS CITED :
- 28
- MOLECULAR FORMULA :
- C2-N2-S2.Hg
- MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
- 316.75
- WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
- SCN 2 &-HG-
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 :
- 46 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI Volume(issue)/page/year: 25(7),27,1981
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Administration onto the skin
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - rat
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 685 mg/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI Volume(issue)/page/year: 25(7),27,1981
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Oral
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - mouse
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 24500 ug/kg
- TOXIC EFFECTS :
- Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
- REFERENCE :
- GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI Volume(issue)/page/year: 25(7),27,1981
- TYPE OF TEST :
- LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
- ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
- Intraperitoneal
- SPECIES OBSERVED :
- Rodent - mouse
- DOSE/DURATION :
- 3500 ug/kg
- REFERENCE :
- GTPZAB Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya. Labor Hygiene and Occupational Diseases. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-36, 1957-1992. For publisher information, see MTPEEI Volume(issue)/page/year: 25(7),27,1981 *** REVIEWS *** ACGIH TLV-TWA 0.025 mg(Hg)/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 ACGIH TLV-Not classifiable as a 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 *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS *** MSHA STANDARD-air:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,22,1973 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-AUSTRALIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-BELGIUM:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;Skin JAN 1993 OEL-DENMARK:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FINLAND:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-FRANCE:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-GERMANY:TWA 0.01 ppm (0.1 mg(Hg)/m3) JAN 1993 OEL-HUNGARY:TWA 0.02 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.04 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-JAPAN:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE NETHERLANDS:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.15 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THE PHILIPPINES:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-POLAND:TWA 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-RUSSIA:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.01 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-SWEDEN:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-THAILAND:STEL 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3 JAN 1993 OEL-UNITED KINGDOM:TWA 0.05 mg(Hg)/m3;STEL 0.15 mg(Hg)/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 MERCURY, ARYL AND INORGANIC-air:CL 0.1 mg/m3 (Sk) 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 - 82902 No. of Facilities: 200 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 1578 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 82902 No. of Facilities: 317 (estimated) No. of Industries: 2 No. of Occupations: 3 No. of Employees: 3569 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 2133 (estimated)
Safety Information
[ Symbol ]:
GHS06, GHS08, GHS09
[ Signal Word ]:
Danger
[ Hazard Statements ]:
H300 + H310 + H330-H373-H410
[ Supplemental HS ]:
Contact with acids liberates very toxic gas.
[ Precautionary Statements ]:
Missing Phrase - N15.00950417-P260-P262-P280-P302 + P352 + P310-P304 + P340 + P310
[ Hazard Codes ]:
T+,N
[ Risk Phrases ]:
26/27/28-32-33-50/53
[ Safety Phrases ]:
S13-S28-S45-S60-S61
[ RIDADR ]:
UN 1646 6.1/PG 2
[ WGK Germany ]:
3
[ RTECS ]:
XL1550000
[ Packaging Group ]:
II
[ Hazard Class ]:
6.1