The Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

p - Terphenyl

RTECS #: WZ6475000

CAS #: 92-94-4

UPDATE: February 2004 MW: 230.32 MF: C18H14


NOTE:

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

SYNONYMS:

  1. p - Diphenylbenzene
  2. 1,4 - Diphenylbenzene
  3. 4 - Phenylbiphenyl
  4. 4 - Phenyldiphenyl
  1. Biphenyl, 4 - phenyl -
  2. Santowax P
  3. 1,1':4',1'' - Terphenyl (9CI)
  4. p - Triphenyl


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
oral
rat 		lowest published lethal dose: 500 mg/kg N/R NCNSA6 5,26,1953
oral
rat 		lethal dose (50 percent kill): 1,000 mg/kg Liver: Changes in liver weight VCVGH* -,214,1990


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM 		DOSE
EFFECT

 REFERENCE
oral
rat 		lowest published toxic dose: 15 gm/kg/30 day- continuous Nutritional and Gross Metabolic: Weight loss or decreased weight gain AIHAAP 23,372,1962


REVIEWS:

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


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) STANDARD - air ceiling concentration 1 ppm (9 mg/m3) DTLWS* 3,28,1973
Occupational Exposure Limit - DENMARK time-weighted average 0.5 ppm (5 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - SWITZERLAND MAK- week 0.5 ppm (5 mg/m3), JAN1999
Occupational Exposure Limit - UNITED KINGDOM short term exposure limit 0.5 ppm (4.8 mg/m3), SEP2000


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 71310;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 7;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 28;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 7


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
Used as lubricant, plasticizer, coolant, heat storage agent and heat transfer agent
EPA TSCA Section 8(e) Risk Notification, 8EHQ-0892-8954;8EHQ-0892-8976
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JANUARY 2001


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE
AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. (AIHA, 475 Wolf Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311) V.19- 1958-
DTLWS* "Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Substances in Workroom Air," Supplements. For publisher information, see 85INA8.
NCNSA6 National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Chemical-Biological Coordination Center, Review. (Washington, DC)
VCVGH* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva, galogenproisvodnie uglevodorodov". (Hazardous substances: Galogenated hydrocarbons) Bandman A.L. et al., Chimia, 1990.

Used as lubricant, plasticizer, coolant, heat storage agent and heat transfer agent

NIOSH PROFILE (TERPHENYL), SRI, 2/77

RTECS Compound Description:
   Agricultural Chemical

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