The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

Ferrate (3 - ) , hexacyano - , tripotassium

RTECS #: LJ8225000

CAS #: 13746-66-2

UPDATE: December 2000 MW: 329.27 MF: C6FeN6•3K


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. MUTATION DATA:
  3. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  4. OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA:
  5. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  6. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  7. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. Ferrate (3 - ) , hexakis (cyano - kappa - C) - , tripotassium, (OC - 6 - 11)
  2. Iron potassium cyanide
  3. Potassium cyanoferrate
  4. Red prussiate
  5. Potassium ferricyanate
  6. Potassium ferricyanide
  1. Tripotassium ferriccyanide
  2. Tripotassium ferric hexacyanide
  3. Tripotassium hexacyanoferrate
  4. Tripotassium hexacyanoferrate (3 - )
  5. Tripotassium iron hexacyanide


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 Saccharomyes cerevisiae 100 mmol/L (-enzymatic activation step) MUREAV 117,149,1983
gene conversion and mitotic recombination Saccharomyes cerevisiae 100 mmol/L MUREAV 117,149,1983
other mutation test systems Escherichia coli 750 nmol/tube LAMEDS 6,252,1986


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
mouse 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 2,970 mg/kg N/R GISAAA 51(4),23,1986
oral
rat 		lowest published lethal dose: 1,600 mg/kg N/R KODAK* 21MAY1971


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
inhalation
rat 		lowest published toxic concentration: 510 µg/m3/24 hour/26 week- continuous Kidney, Ureter, and Bladder: Other changes in urine composition

Blood: Changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count

Biochemical: Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue levels: Catalases 		GISAAA 51(4),23,1986


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
N/R N/R N/R


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 81080;
Number of Industries 50;
Total Number of Facilities 5,391;
Number of Occupations 41;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 27,467
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 81080;
Number of Industries 55;
Total Number of Facilities 3,468;
Number of Occupations 58;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 85,385;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 20,227


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as a fixative in photography, and as a metal cleaner and for specialty glass coatings
NTP Carcinogenesis studies; selected, October 2000


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
KODAK* Kodak Company Reports. (343 State St., Rochester, NY 14650)
LAMEDS LARC Medical. (19 bis, rue d'Inkermann, 59000 Lille, France) V.1- 1981-
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964-

Used as a fixative in photography, and as a metal cleaner and for specialty glass coatings

RTECS Compound Description:
   Tumorigen
   Mutagen

ALT CAS #: 409-16-5
ALT CAS #: 2002-18-8
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