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EC number: 205-488-0 | CAS number: 141-53-7
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- 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: other routes
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: other routes
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- other information
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: see 'Remark'
- Remarks:
- Only secondary literature (review,). Expousre route Meets generally accepted scientific standards, well documented and acceptable for assessment. This report was submitted to the committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) assessing hazardous materials.
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Die akute und chronische Toxizität der Ameisensäure und ihrer Formiate.
- Author:
- Malorny G
- Year:
- 1 969
- Bibliographic source:
- Zeitschrift Ernährungswissenschaft 9, 332-339.
Materials and methods
- GLP compliance:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Sodium formate
- EC Number:
- 205-488-0
- EC Name:
- Sodium formate
- Cas Number:
- 141-53-7
- Molecular formula:
- CHO2Na
- IUPAC Name:
- sodium formate
- Details on test material:
- Sodium Formate.
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- mouse
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- intravenous
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 50
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- 807 mg/kg bw
Any other information on results incl. tables
RS-Freetext:
LD50 of formic acid and its salts in the mouse following
i.v. injection:
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Substance LD50 range LD50 No. of
(formate #) animals
(mg/kg bw) (mg/kg bw) n
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Formic acid 145 138-151 142 50
Na-formate 807 800-813 534 50
K-formate 95 93-97 51 55
NH4-formate 410 408-412 293 50
Ca-formate 154 150-158 107 55
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# = calculated proportion of formate of the LD50 dose.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- The i.v. LD50 of sodium formate was approx. 807 mg/kg bw in mice.
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