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General Description
Synonyms: Boron fluoride; Trifluoroborane
OSHA IMIS Code Number: 0382
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Registry Number: 7637-07-2
NIOSH, Registry of Toxic Effects (RTECS) Identification Number: ED2275000
Department of Transportation Regulation Number (49 CFR 172.101) and Guide: 1008 125
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, Boron Trifluoride: chemical description, physical properties, potentially hazardous incompatibilities, and more
Exposure Limits
OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for General Industry: 29 CFR 1910.1000 Z-1 Table -- 1 ppm, 3 mg/m3 Ceiling
OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for Construction Industry: 29 CFR 1926.55 Appendix A -- 1 ppm, 3 mg/m3 Ceiling
OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for Maritime: 29 CFR 1915.1000 Table Z-Shipyards --
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Value (TLV): 1 ppm, 2.8 mg/m3 Ceiling
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Recommended Exposure Limit (REL): 1 ppm, 3 mg/m3 Ceiling
Health Factors
NIOSH Immediately Dangerous To Life or Health Concentration (IDLH): 25 ppm
Potential symptoms: Irritation of eyes, skin, nose, respiratory system; epistaxis (nosebleed); coughing, labored breathing, hypoxemia, pulmonary edema (may be delayed); headache, vertigo, chills and nausea; painful eye, skin burns; blurred vision; frostbite (on contact with liquid); in animals: pneumonitis, dental fluorosis, hypocalcemia, kidney damage.
Health Effects: Irritation-Eye, Nose, Throat, Skin---Marked (HE14); Acute Toxicity-Hypoxemia (HE4); Lung edema (HE11).
Affected organs: Eyes, skin, respiratory system, kidneys
Note: Decomposes on contact with water, forming toxic and corrosive hydrogen fluoride, fluoroboric acid and boric acid.
Date Last Revised: 05/14/2004
Literature Basis:
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards: Boron Trifluoride.
- International Chemical Safety Cards (WHO/IPCS/ILO): Boron trifluoride.
- Fluoride Action Network Pesticide Project: Boron Trifluoride. Material Safety Data Sheet. May 2001.
- Pohanish, R.P. (editor): Boron Trifluoride. In, Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens, Fourth Ed., Vol. 1. Norwich, NY: Noyes Publications, William Andrew Publishing, 2002, pp. 362-364.
- Stewart, M.J., Waisberg, R. and Pretorius, E.J.: Poisoning with boron trifluoride. S. Afr. Med. J. 88(12): 1536-1537, 1998.
Monitoring Methods used by OSHA
Laboratory Sampling/Analytical Method:
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sampling media: Midget Fritted Glass Bubbler (MFGB) containing 10 mL 0.1 N NH4F
maximum volume: 15 Liters maximum flow rate: 1.0 L/min (Ceiling)
current analytical method: Ion Specific Electrode; ISE
method reference: OSHA SLTC In-House File
method classification: Not Validated
note: Submit as a separate sample. Analysis is for fluoroborate (BF4-) ion. Samples must be stored and shipped in plastic bottles.
Wipe sampling: No
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