| Document ID (ISN) | 104260 |
| CIS number |
05-512 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
1231-868X - Podstawy i Metody Oceny Środowiska Pracy |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Kupczewska-Dobecka M., Czerczak S. |
| Title |
Trimethylamine |
| Original title |
Trimetyloamina [in Polish] |
| Bibliographic information |
2002, Vol.31, No.1, p.137-154. 30 ref. |
| Abstract |
Trimethylamine is used in pest control, as an olfactory warning agent against natural gas leaks, as a flotation agent and as an intermediate in chemical synthesis. It is a skin and eye irritant. Concentrated aqueous solutions applied to human skin have caused severe burning and hyperaemia. Long-term exposure to trimethylamine vapours at a concentration of 48.5mg/m3 caused nasal, eye and skin irritation, while exposure at concentrations of 0.24-19.5mg/m3 produced no observable irritation. Based on these human data, the Polish Expert Group for Chemical Agents established a threshold limit value (8-hour time-weighted average) of 12mg/m3 and a short-term exposure limit value of 24mg/m3. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Poland; health hazards; toxicology; trimethylamine |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
threshold limit values; irritants; hyperaemia; criteria document; chemical burns; determination of exposure limits; permissible levels |
| Document type |
B - Chemical safety information sheets |
| Country / State or Province | Poland |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Aliphatic amines
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