Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 201-279-3 | CAS number: 80-43-3
Acute Toxicity: inhalation
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: inhalation
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Secondary citation in handbook, original reference not available
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- Patty's industrial hygiene and toxicology: 2.5.4 Dicumyl peroxide
- Author:
- Calyton GD, Clayton FE
- Year:
- 1 993
- Bibliographic source:
- 572-573, Wiley-Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 970
Materials and methods
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Secondary source, no information on method
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Test type:
- other: limit test
- Limit test:
- yes
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Bis(α,α-dimethylbenzyl) peroxide
- EC Number:
- 201-279-3
- EC Name:
- Bis(α,α-dimethylbenzyl) peroxide
- Cas Number:
- 80-43-3
- Molecular formula:
- C18H22O2
- IUPAC Name:
- 1,1'-(dioxydipropane-2,2-diyl)dibenzene
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- other: rats, guinea pigs, mice
- Strain:
- not specified
- Sex:
- not specified
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- inhalation: vapour
- Type of inhalation exposure:
- not specified
- Vehicle:
- not specified
- Analytical verification of test atmosphere concentrations:
- not specified
- Duration of exposure:
- 4 h
- Concentrations:
- 0.1 mg/L (= 100 mg/m3)
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 2 animals of each species tested
- Control animals:
- not specified
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Sex:
- not specified
- Dose descriptor:
- LC50
- Effect level:
- > 0.1 mg/L air (nominal)
- Based on:
- not specified
- Remarks on result:
- other: No further information reported in secondary source
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