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EC number: 810-509-7 | CAS number: 14708-87-3
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
Acute Toxicity: inhalation
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: inhalation
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 7 July 2016 - 13 October 2016
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- guideline study
- Justification for type of information:
- REACH Annex VII column 2 states that testing by the inhalation route is appropriate if exposure of humans via inhalation is likely. Forming insoluble particulate matter, the inhalation route was considered the most appropriate exposure pathway for bismuth silicate.
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 016
- Report date:
- 2016
Materials and methods
Test guidelineopen allclose all
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 436 (Acute Inhalation Toxicity: Acute Toxic Class Method)
- Version / remarks:
- Adopted September 7, 2009
- Deviations:
- no
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- EU Method B.52 (Acute Inhalation Toxicity - Acute Toxic Class Method)
- Version / remarks:
- Commision Regulation (EC) No. 260/2014 method B.52, published in the Official Journal of the European Union, dated March 19, 2014
- Deviations:
- no
- GLP compliance:
- yes (incl. QA statement)
- Test type:
- acute toxic class method
- Limit test:
- yes
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- tetrabismuth(3+) trisilicate
- EC Number:
- 810-509-7
- Cas Number:
- 14708-87-3
- Molecular formula:
- Bi4O12Si3
- IUPAC Name:
- tetrabismuth(3+) trisilicate
- Test material form:
- solid
Constituent 1
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- SOURCE OF TEST MATERIAL
- Source and lot/batch No. of test material: sponsor lot# 231/08/15
- Expiration date of the lot/batch: March 2020
- Purity test date: 21 January 2016
STABILITY AND STORAGE CONDITIONS OF TEST MATERIAL
- Composition: Bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) 83.35%; Silicon oxide (SiO) 16.63%.
- Particle size parameters: Diameter (D) 10% = 0.54 µm; D50% = 1.81 µm; D90% = 5.23 µm
- Physical characteristics: Powder
- Storage condition of test material: At ambient temperature (10 - 25°), container kept tightly closed and stored in a dry and well-ventilated place.
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Sprague-Dawley
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles River Laboratories, Research Models and Services Germany GmbH, Sandhofer Weg 7, 97633 Sulzfeld, Germany
- Females (if applicable) nulliparous and non-pregnant: yes
- Age at study initiation: males approx. 8 weeks and females approx. 9 weeks
- Weight at study initiation: males (262 - 292 g); females (243 - 258 g)
- Fasting period before study: Feeding was discontinued 16 hours before exposure
- Housing: MAKROLON cages (type III plus)
- Diet: Commercial diet, ssniff R/M-H V1534 ad libitum
- Water: tap water ad libitum
- Acclimation period: At least 5 adaption days
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 22 ± 3°C
- Humidity (%): 55 ± 15%
- Air changes (per hr): Not reported
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12:12 hours dark/light cycles at 150 lux
IN-LIFE DATES: From: To: not reported
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- inhalation: dust
- Type of inhalation exposure:
- nose only
- Vehicle:
- clean air
- Mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD):
- 1.617 µm
- Geometric standard deviation (GSD):
- 2.14
- Remark on MMAD/GSD:
- The generated dust particles had a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) of 1.617 µm, as determined with a cascade impactor. The Geometic Standard Deviation (GSD) of the MMAD was 2.14. The measured MMAD/GSD are as expected, considering the particle size determined prior to experimentation (Diameter (D) percentage cumulative size: D10% = 0.54 µm; D50% = 1.81 µm; D90% = 5.23 µm).
- Details on inhalation exposure:
- GENERATION OF TEST ATMOSPHERE / CHAMBER DESCRIPTION
- Exposure apparatus: RHEMA-LABORTECHNIK dynamic inhalation apparatus (6579 Hofheim/Taunus, Germany)
- Exposure chamber volume: 28.5 L
- Method of holding animals in test chamber: Animals held in pyrex tubes at edge of the chamber in radial position for nose-only exposure.
- Source and rate of air: The generator was fed with compressed air (5.0 bar) from a compressor (ALUP Kompressorenfabrik, 73257 Köngen, Germany). At the bottom of the exposure chamber, the air was sucked off at a lower flow rate, in order to produce a homogenous distribution and positive pressure in the exposure chamber (inflow 900 L/h, outflow 800 L/h). A manometer and air-flor meter (ROTA Yokogawa GmbH & Co. KG), were used to control supply and exhaust, respectively. Flow rates were checked hourly.
- System of generating particulates/aerosols: rotating brush dust generator
- Method of particle size determination: Cascade impactor 6.0 L/min (Article No. 700800-CI-060), TSE Systems GmbH, 61352 Bad Homburg, Germany)
- Temperature, humidity, pressure in air chamber: Temperature (21.1°C ± 0.1°C) and humidity (59.5% ± 0.2%) were measured once every hour with a climate control monitor (testo 175-HZ data logger).
TEST ATMOSPHERE
- Brief description of analytical method used: The dust from the exposure chamber was drawn through the cascade impactor for 1 minute at a constant flow rate of 5 L/min. The slides were removed from the impactor and weighed on an analytical balance (SARTORIUS, type 1601 004, precision 0.1 mg).
- Samples taken from breathing zone: yes. Dust samples were taken once every hour during the exposure. For that purpose, a probe was placed close to the animals’ noses and air was drawn through the air sample filter at a constant flow of air of 5 L/min for 1 minute. The filters were weighed before and after sampling.
TEST ATMOSPHERE (if not tabulated)
- Particle size distribution:1.617
- MMAD (Mass median aerodynamic diameter) / GSD (Geometric st. dev.): 2.14 - Analytical verification of test atmosphere concentrations:
- yes
- Duration of exposure:
- 4 h
- Remarks on duration:
- In accordance with OECD Guideline 436
- Concentrations:
- Nominal concentration: 5 mg/L
Measured concentration: 5.07 mg/L - No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 3 males, 3 females
- Control animals:
- no
- Details on study design:
- - Duration of observation period following administration: 14 days
- Frequency of observations and weighing: During and following exposure, clinical examinations were made daily. Individual weights of animals were determined once during the acclimatisation period, before the exposure on test day 1, on test days 2, 4, 8 and 15. Changes in weight were calculated and recorded at 1 day, and at the end of the test.
- Necropsy of survivors performed: yes. Necropsy of all animals was carried out and all gross pathological changes were recoded for each animal, with particular attention to any changes in the respiratory tract.
- Other examinations performed: clinical signs, body weight,organ weights, histopathology, other: Cageside observations included, but were not limited to: changes in the skin and fur, eyes, mucous membranes, respiratory, circulatory, autonomic and central nervous system, as well as somatomotor activity and behaviour pattern. Particular attention was directed to observation of tremor, convulsions, salivation, diarrhoea, lethargy, sleep and coma.
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Sex:
- male/female
- Dose descriptor:
- LC50
- Effect level:
- < 5.07 mg/L air (analytical)
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Exp. duration:
- 4 h
- Remarks on result:
- not determinable due to absence of adverse toxic effects
- Mortality:
- No mortality was observed
- Clinical signs:
- other: Under the present test conditions, a 4-hour inhalation exposure to Bismuth silicate at a concentration of 5.07 mg/L air induced slight dyspnoea until 3 hours post exposure in all rats. This effect was considered to be an clinical signs of general toxicity
- Body weight:
- No influence in body weight gain was noted.
- Gross pathology:
- No pathological findings were observed at necropsy in any of the male or female rats (n=6).
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- GHS criteria not met
- Conclusions:
- Under the present test conditions, the LC50 value for rats following inhalation of Bismuth silicate for 4 hours was determined as >5.07 mg/L air. According to the Globally Harmonised Classification System (GHS), the test item does not require classification for acute inhalation toxicity.
- Executive summary:
CD/Crl(SD) rats (3 male; 3 female) were exposed to an aerosol dust of bismuth silicate at a gravimetrically determined concentration of 5.07±0.01 mg/L air for 4 hours by inhalation, via nose-only exposure. The dust particles had a Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (MMAD) or 1.617 µm and a Geometic Standard Deviation (GSD) or 2.14. Under the present test conditions, 4-hour inhalation exposure induced slight dyspnoea until 3 hours post exposure in all rats. No other clinical signs of toxicity, mortality or pathological changes at necropsy, were observed in the treated rats.
Under the present test conditions, the LC50 value for rats following inhalation of bismuth silicate for 4 hours was determined as >5.07 mg/L air. Conducted according to OECD 436 and GLP, the study was considered reliable without restriction (Klimisch 1).
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