The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Rhodium chloride, trihydrate

RTECS #: VI9290000

CAS #: 13569-65-8

UPDATE: May 2004 MW: 263.32 MF: Cl3Rh•3H2O


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. Rhodium trichloride trihydrate
  1. Rhodium (III) chloride trihydrate


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
mutation in microorganisms Escherichia coli 10 mg/L (-enzymatic activation step) MUREAV 77,109,1980
mutation in microorganisms Salmonella typhimurium 50 nmol/plate (+enzymatic activation step) MUREAV 88,165,1981


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
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 369 mg/kg N/R TXAPA9 63,461,1982


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 0.01 mg(Rh)/m3 DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value Not classifiable as a human carcinogen DTLVS* TLV/BEI,1999


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Rh)/m3 DTLVS* 3,222,1971
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 0.001 mg(Rh)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 0.001 mg(Rh)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 0.001 mg(Rh)/m3 CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 0.001 mg(Rh)/m3 CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 1 mg(Rh)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM time-weighted average 1 mg(Rh)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 0.001 mg(Rh)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 0.001 mg(Rh)/m3, Skin, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 1 mg(Rh)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Rh)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 0.1 mg(Rh)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.1 mg(Rh)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM time-weighted average 0.001 mg(Rh)/m3, short term exposure limit 0.003 mg(Rh)/m3, SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
Not classifiable as a human carcinogen


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X2970;
Number of Industries 4;
Total Number of Facilities 227;
Number of Occupations 4;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 448


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
N/R


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
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964-
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959-

Used in hydrosilylation, hydrogenation, carbonylation, oxidation, arylation

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