The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Phosphorane, pentachloro -

RTECS #: TB6125000

CAS #: 10026-13-8

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 208.22 MF: Cl5P


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  3. REVIEWS:
  4. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:
  5. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  6. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  7. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Fosforo (pentacloruro di) (Italian)
  2. Fosforpentachloride (Dutch)
  3. Phosphore (pentachlorure de) (French)
  4. Phosphoric chloride
  5. Phosphorous pentachloride
  1. Phosphorpentachlorid (German)
  2. Phosphorus pentachloride
  3. Phosphorus pentachloride (ACGIH:OSHA)
  4. Phosphorus perchloride
  5. Pieciochlorek fosforu (Polish)


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

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


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
inhalation
mouse 		lowest published lethal concentration: 1,000 mg/m3/10 minute N/R VCVN5* -,72,1993
inhalation
rat 		lethal concentration (50 percent kill): 205 mg/m3 Behavioral: Somnolence (general depressed activity)

Behavioral: Food intake (animal)

Behavioral: Muscle contraction or spasticity 		TNICS* 13,105,1973
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 660 mg/kg Eye: Lacrimation

Behavioral: Somnolence (general depressed activity)

Behavioral: Muscle weakness 		TNICS* 13,104,1973


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

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


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value time-weighted average 0.1 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 1 mg/m3 DTLVS* 3,211,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 mg/m3 CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 mg/m3 CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 mg/m3 CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 mg/m3 CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (1 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 1 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (0.85 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 1 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND short term exposure limit 1 mg/m3, Skin, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 0.1 ppm (1 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 1 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - JAPAN Occupational Exposure Limit 0.1 ppm (0.85 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC-TGG 1 mg/m3, 2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 0.1 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 1 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND MAC(time-weighted average) 0.3 mg/m3, MAC(short term exposure limit) 0.9 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA time-weighted average 0.1 ppm, short term exposure limit 0.2 mg/m3, Skin, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1 mg/m3, KZG- week 2 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THAILAND time-weighted average 1 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - TURKEY time-weighted average 1 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 0.1 ppm (0.87 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 0.1 ppm
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
time-weighted average 0.1 ppm


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO PHOSPHORUS PENTACHLORIDE-air 10 hour time-weighted average 1 mg/m3 NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 59160;
Number of Industries 4;
Total Number of Facilities 100;
Number of Occupations 4;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 804
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 59160;
Number of Industries 2;
Total Number of Facilities 21;
Number of Occupations 17;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 2,242;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 187


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as a chlorinating and dehydrating agent and as a catalyst
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
CFRGBR Code of Federal Regulations. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402)
DTLVS* The Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) booklet issues by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), Cincinnati, OH, 1996
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
TNICS* Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances. English translation of TPKVAL. (USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)
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 a chlorinating and dehydrating agent and as a catalyst

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