The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Sodium fluoaluminate

RTECS #: WA9625000

CAS #: 15096-52-3

UPDATE: May 2004 MW: 209.95 MF: AlF6•3Na


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. MUTATION 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. Cryolite
  2. ENT 24,984
  3. Koyoside
  4. Kryocide
  5. Kryolith (German)
  6. Natriumaluminiumfluorid (German)
  1. Natriumhexafluoroaluminate (German)
  2. Sodium aluminofluoride
  3. Sodium aluminum fluoride
  4. Sodium fluoroaluminate
  5. Sodium hexafluoroaluminate


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
cytogenetic analysis inhalation
rat 		34,260 µg/m3/6 hour/21 week- intermittent GISAAA 37(1),9,1972
cytogenetic analysis inhalation
rat 		3 µg/L/6 hour/22 week VCVN5* -,357,1989


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
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): >5 gm/kg Gastrointestinal: Changes in structure or function of salivary glands

Skin and Appendages: Other: Hair 		BAYER* #15722,1987
oral
rabbit 		lowest published lethal dose: 9 gm/kg N/R JIHTAB 30,92,1948


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
inhalation
rat 		lowest published toxic concentration: 1 mg/m3/6 hour/22 week- intermittent Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder: Other changes

Musculoskeletal: Other changes

Biochemical: Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels: True cholinesterase 		GTPZAB 24(1),15,1980
inhalation
rat 		lowest published toxic concentration: 1 mg/m3/6 hour/22 week- intermittent Peripheral Nerve and Sensation: Recording from peripheral motor nerve

Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Structural or functional change in trachea or bronchi

Biochemical: Metabolism (intermediary): Glycolytic 		VCVN5* -,357,1989
oral
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 2,587 mg/kg/16 week- intermittent Behavioral: Food intake (animal)

Liver: Other changes

Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder: Other changes 		BGTOX* 5,143,1993


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
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
IECHAD 26,791,1934


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION FEREAC 54,7740,1989
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 1998 STATUS OF PESTICIDES: RED Completed RBREV* -,106,1998
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 - BELGIUM time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FRANCE VME 2 mg(Al)/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 - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM LTEL 2 mg(Al)/m3, JAN1993
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 Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 20810;
Number of Industries 11;
Total Number of Facilities 191;
Number of Occupations 24;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 6,181
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X1570;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 27;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 532
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 20810;
Number of Industries 97;
Total Number of Facilities 7,231;
Number of Occupations 61;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 138,048;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 2,712


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used in refining reduction of ALUMINUM, flux, glass and enamal manufacturing, insecticide
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
BAYER* (Bayer. AG, Institute fur Toxikologie, Wuppertal, Germany)
BGTOX* BG Chemie: Toxicological Evaluations, Five Potential Health Hazards of Existing Chemicals. (Springer-Verlag New York, POB 2485, Secaucus, NJ 07096).
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
FEREAC Federal Register. (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1- 1936-
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
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
IECHAD Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. (Washington, DC) V.15-62, 1923-70. For publisher information, see CHMTBL.
JIHTAB Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. (Cambridge, MA) V.18-31, 1936-49. For publisher information, see AEHLAU.
NIOSH* National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Reports and Memoranda.
RBREV* Status of Pesticides in Registration, Reregistration, and Special Review (Rainbow Report), Special Review and Reregistration Division Office of Pesticide Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460, Spring 1998
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 in refining reduction of ALUMINUM, flux, glass and enamal manufacturing, insecticide

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

RTECS Compound Description:
   Agricultural Chemical
   Mutagen

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