The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Aluminum fluoride

RTECS #: BD0725000

CAS #: 7784-18-1

UPDATE: May 2004 MW: 83.98 MF: AlF3


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA:
  3. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  4. OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA:
  5. REVIEWS:
  6. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  7. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  8. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  9. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Aluminium fluorure (French)
  2. Fluorid hlinity (Czech)
  1. Aluminum trifluoride


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
eye
rabbit 		500 mg/24 hour mild 28ZPAK -,20,1972


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE 		DOSE REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R N/R


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
N/R
 N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
intraperitoneal
mammal (species unspecified) 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 1,450 mg/kg N/R MTPEEI (7),32,1994
oral
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 103 mg/kg N/R GISAAA 30(4),16,1965
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 1,800 mg/kg N/R VCVN5* -,353,1993
subcutaneous
frog 		lowest published lethal dose: 1,680 mg/kg N/R CRSBAW 124,133,1937


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
oral
rabbit 		lowest published toxic dose: 3,218 mg/kg/26 week- intermittent Musculoskeletal: Changes in teeth and supporting structures GISAAA 30(4),16,1965


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3 CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY time-weighted average 1 mg(F)/m3, short term exposure limit 2 mg(F)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND MAC(time-weighted average) 1 mg(HF)/m3, MAC(short term exposure limit) 3 mg(HF)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA time-weighted average 0.5 mg/m3, short term exposure limit 2.5 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN NGV 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWEDEN NGV 2 mg(F)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1.8 ppm (1.5 mg(F)/m3), KZG- week 3.6 ppm (3.0 mg(F)/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 2 mg/m3, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO FLUORIDES, INORGANIC-air 10 hour time-weighted average 2.5 mg(F)/m3 NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X2628;
Number of Industries 2;
Total Number of Facilities 9;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 175


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
28ZPAK "Sbornik Vysledku Toxixologickeho Vysetreni Latek A Pripravku," Marhold, J.V., Institut Pro Vychovu Vedoucicn Pracovniku Chemickeho Prumyclu Praha, Czechoslovakia, 1972
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)
CRSBAW Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de Ses Filiales. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.1- 1849-
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
MTPEEI Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaya Ekologiya. Industrial Medicine and Ecology. (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, ul.B. Yakimanka, 39 117049 Moscow, Russia) No.1- 1993-
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
VCVN5* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Neorganicheskie soedinenia elementov V-VII groopp" (Hazardous substances. Inornanic substances containing V-VII group elements), Bandman A.L. et al., Chimia, 1989.

Used as component of electrolyte from which ALUMINUM metal is produced

NIOSH PROFILE (ALUMINUM and ITS COMPOUNDS), SRI, 2/77

NIOSH PROFILE (ALUMINUM REDUCTION PLANTS), FIRL, 4/78

NIOSH PROFILE (ALUMINUM and ITS COMPOUNDS), SRC, 1/81

RTECS Compound Description:
   Primary Irritant

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