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Chemical Sampling Information
Sodium Fluoroacetate
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General Description

NAME: Sodium Fluoroacetate

SYNONYM(s): Sodium monofluoro-acetate; SFA; 1080

IMIS: 2250

CAS: 62-74-8

NIOSH: RTECS AH9100000

DOT: 2629 53

DESCRIPTION:

Fluffy, colorless, odorless, hygroscopic solid (sometimes dyed black).
MW: 100
BP: Decomposes
VP: approx. 0 mm
MP: 392 F

INCOM: None hazardous

Exposure Limits

OSHA GENERAL INDUSTRY PEL: 0.05 mg/m3 (Skin)

OSHA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PEL: 0.05 mg/m3 TWA (Skin)

ACGIH TLV: 0.05 mg/m3 TWA (Skin)

NIOSH REL: 0.05 mg/m3 TWA (Skin), 0.15 mg/m3 STEL (Skin)

Health Factors

SYMPTOM(s): Vomiting; apprhension; auditory hallucinations; facial paresthesia, twitching of facial muscles, convulsions; pulsus altenans, ectopic heartbeat, tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation; pulmonary edema; nystagmus

HEALTH EFFECTS: Acute systemic toxicity (Metabolic poison) (HE4)

ORGAN: CVS, lungs, kidneys, CNS

Monitoring

PRIMARY SAMPLING/ANALYTICAL METHOD (SLC1):



MEDIA: Mixed Cellulose Ester Filter (MCEF) 0.8 microns
MAX V: 960 Liters   MAX F: 2.0 L/min (TWA)
MAX V: 30 Liters   MAX F: 2.0 L/min (STEL)
ANL 1: Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy; AAS
REF: 2 (OSHA In-House File)
CLASS: Not Validated
NOTE: When the analysis of a compound is requested, an elemental analysis is performed for sodium and reported as the compound. Submit as a separate sample.

WIPE:

No


Revision Date: 01/15/1993
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