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Nitric oxide																				Related Pages
										May 1994
Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH)
**CAS number:** 10102–43–9
**NIOSH REL:** 25 ppm (30 mg/m3) TWA
**Current OSHA PEL:** 25 ppm (30 mg/m3) TWA
**1989 OSHA PEL:** Same as current PEL
**1993-1994 ACGIH TLV:** 25 ppm (31 mg/m3) TWA
**Description of substance:** Colorless gas.
**LEL:** . . . Nonflammable Gas
**Original (SCP) IDLH:** 100 ppm
**Basis for original (SCP) IDLH:** No useful data on acute inhalation toxicity are available on which to base the IDLH for nitric oxide. The chosen IDLH, therefore, is based on the statement by Sax [1975] that 100 to 150 ppm oxides of nitrogen are dangerous for short exposures of 30 to 60 minutes. The chosen IDLH seems reasonable because NIOSH [1976] cited a rabbit 15-minute LC50 of 315 ppm for nitric oxide [Carson et al. 1962].
**Short-term exposure guidelines:** None developed
**ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:**
**Lethal concentration data:**

**Species**
    **Reference**
    **LC50 (ppm)**
    **LCLo (ppm)**
    **Time**
    **Adjusted 0.5-hr** **LC (CF)**
    **Derived value**Rabbit MouseRatMouse
    Carson et al. 1962 Flury and Zernik 1931Ivanov and Szubaev 1979Pflesser 1935
    315 -----854320
    ----- 2,500----------
    15 min 12 min4 hr?
    249 ppm (0.79) 1,850 ppm (0.74)1,709 ppm (2.0)?
    25 ppm 185 ppm171 ppm?**Other animal data:** Guinea pigs have survived an exposure at 175 ppm for an unstated period [Bodansky 1951].
 **Human data:** It has been stated that exposures to oxides of nitrogen between 100 and 150 ppm are dangerous for exposures of 30 to 60 minutes [Sax 1975].
 
 **Revised IDLH:** 100 ppm [Unchanged] **Basis for revised IDLH:** Based on acute inhalation toxicity data in humans [Sax 1975], the original IDLH for nitric oxide (100 ppm) is not being revised at this time.**REFERENCES:**

1. Bodansky O [1951]. Methemoglobinemia and methemoglobin-producing compounds. Pharmacol Rev *3*:144-195.
2. Carson TR, Rosenholtz MS, Wilinski FT, Weeks MH [1962]. The responses of animals inhaling nitrogen dioxide for single, short-term exposures. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J *23*:457-462.
3. Flury F, Zernik F [1931]. Schädliche gase dämpfe, nebel, rauch- und staubarten. Berlin, Germany: Verlag von Julius Springer, pp. 157-165 (in German).
4. Ivanov NG, Szubaev EN [1979]. About the limitation of the content of nitrogen dioxide in the air of the working zone. Toksikol Nov Prom Khim Vesh *15*:53-58 (in Russian).
5. NIOSH [1976]. QX05250. Nitrogen monoxide. In: Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances, 1976 ed. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-191, p. 780.
6. Pflesser G [1935]. The significance of nitric oxide in poisoning by nitrous gases. Arch Exp Pathol Pharmakol *179*:545-557 (in German).
7. Sax NI [1975]. Nitric oxide. In: Dangerous properties of industrial materials. 4th ed. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, pp. 961-962.

			
							
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