Potassium ferricyanide

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C6-Fe-N6.3K

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

329.27

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

NC-FE-CN&CN&CN&CN&CN &-KA- 3

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

1600 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

2970 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Inhalation

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

510 ug/m3/24H/26W-C

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition Blood - changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels - catalases

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Gene conversion and mitotic recombination

TEST SYSTEM :

Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

DOSE/DURATION :

100 mmol/L

REFERENCE :

MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 117,149,1983 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 81080 No. of Facilities: 5391 (estimated) No. of Industries: 50 No. of Occupations: 41 No. of Employees: 27467 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - 81080 No. of Facilities: 3468 (estimated) No. of Industries: 55 No. of Occupations: 58 No. of Employees: 85385 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 20227 (estimated)