The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Sulfur chloride

RTECS #: WS4300000

CAS #: 10025-67-9

UPDATE: November 2004 MW: 135.02 MF: Cl2S2


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. Disulfur dichloride
  2. Siarki chlorek (Polish)
  3. Sulfur monochloride
  1. Sulfur monochloride (ACGIH:OSHA)
  2. Sulfur subchloride
  3. Thiosulfurous dichloride


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
cat 		lowest published toxic concentration: 10 mg/m3 Gastrointestinal: Changes in structure or function of salivary glands VCVN5* -,256,1993
inhalation
cat 		lowest published lethal concentration: 190 mg/m3 Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Acute pulmonary edema VCVN5* -,256,1993
inhalation
human 		lowest published toxic concentration: 5 mg/m3/1 minute Eye: Conjunctiva irritation VCVN5* -,256,1993
inhalation
human 		lowest published toxic concentration: 10 mg/m3/1 minute Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Cough VCVN5* -,256,1993
inhalation
mammal (species unspecified) 		lowest published toxic concentration: 90 mg/m3/4 hour Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Other changes VCVN5* -,256,1993
inhalation
mouse 		lethal concentration (50 percent kill): 150 ppm N/R IPSTB3 3,93,1976
inhalation
rat 		lethal concentration (50 percent kill): 2,500 mg/m3/4 hour Eye: Corneal damage

Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Acute pulmonary edema

Lung, Thorax, or Respiration: Cyanosis 		IJTOFN 19,342,2000
inhalation
rat 		lowest published toxic concentration: 90 mg/m3 Behavioral: Alteration of classical conditioning VCVN5* -,256,1993
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 132 mg/kg Behavioral: General anesthetic

Cardiac: Other changes

Skin and Appendages: Other: Hair 		IJTOFN 19,342,2000


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 ceiling concentration 1 ppm DTLVS* TLV/BEI,2003


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (General Industry) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1910.1000,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Construction) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1926.55,1994
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Shipyards) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) CFRGBR 29,1915.1000,1993
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limit (Federal Contractors) 8 hour time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3) CFRGBR 41,50-204.50,1994
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRALIA time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - AUSTRIA MAK 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - BELGIUM short term exposure limit 1 ppm (5.5 mg/m3), JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - FINLAND time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), short term exposure limit 2 ppm (12 mg/m3), Skin, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - GERMANY MAK 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - HUNGARY short term exposure limit 5 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - JAPAN Occupational Exposure Limit( continuous) 1 ppm (5.5 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE NETHERLANDS MAC- continuous 6 mg/m3, 2003
Occupational Exposure Limit - NORWAY time-weighted average 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - THE PHILIPPINES time-weighted average 6 mg/m3, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - POLAND MAC(time-weighted average) 5 mg/m3, MAC(short term exposure limit) 15 mg/m3, JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - RUSSIA short term exposure limit 1 ppm (0.3 mg/m3), Skin, JAN1993
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 1 ppm (6 mg/m3), KZG- week 2 ppm (12 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM short term exposure limit 1 ppm (5.6 mg/m3), SEP2000
Occupational Exposure Limit IN ARGENTINA, BULGARIA, COLOMBIA, JORDAN, KOREA American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value;

ceiling concentration 1 ppm
Occupational Exposure Limit IN NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, VIETNAM American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value
ceiling concentration 1 ppm


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Level TO SULFUR MONOCHLORIDE-air ceiling concentration 1 ppm NIOSH* DHHS #92-100,1992
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: X5495;
Number of Industries 21;
Total Number of Facilities 964;
Number of Occupations 28;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 28,182;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 2,203


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as chlorinating agent and 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
IJTOFN International Journal of Toxicology. (Taylor & Francis, 47 Runway Rd., Suite g, Levittown, PA 19057) V.16- 1997-
IPSTB3 International Polymer Science and Technology. (Rapra Technology Ltd., Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR, UK)
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 chlorinating agent and catalyst

NIOSH PROFILE (INORGANIC SULFUR), SRC, 4/78

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