Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants Volume 1

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Emergency and Continuous Exposure Limits for Selected Airborne Contaminants, Volume 1

TABLE 7

LD⁵⁰ of Arsine after Intraperitoneal Injection (Levvy, 1946)

Species	LD⁵⁰ mg/kg
Mouse	3.0
Rabbit	2.5
Cat	2.0–2.5
Sheep	3.0

TABLE 8

Acute Toxicity of Arsine in Mice After Inhalation (Levvy, 1947)^a

Concentration		Duration of Exposure	Mortality,^a %	Estimated Duration for 50% Mortality
mg/L	ppm	Duration of Exposure	Mortality,^a %	Estimated Duration for 50% Mortality
2.5	783	0.50 min	93	0.40 min
		0.33 min	20
1.0	313	1.25 min	57	1.18 min
		0.83	13
0.50	157	10 min	100	2.4 min
		5 min	93
		2.5 min	57
		1.7 min	0
0.25	78.3	15 min	70	12 min
		9 min	33
0.10	31.3	70 min	100	50 min
		50 min	50
0.025	7.8	30 h	100	24 h
		27 h	50
		24 h	50
		21 h	50
		18 h	0
		15 h	0
^aThirty mice in each experiment with arsine at 0.1 to 2.5 mg/L; six mice used in each experiment with arsine at 0.025 mg/L.