Nitric oxide

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Hazard Name:

Nitric oxide

HAZARD:

Nitric oxide

CHEMICAL FORMULA:

EXPOSURE STANDARD:

25 PPM TWA

PHYSICAL FORM:

Colourless Gas

SYNONYMS:

Nitrogen Monoxide

RELATIVE DENSITY:

EXPOSURE:

Inhalation

IP(eV):

9.26

C.F:

5.2

LEL%:

USES/SOURCES:

In the manufacture of nitric acid; for bleaching rayon; stabiliser

TOXICOLOGY:

Nitric oxide is a vasodialator and at higher concentrations causes formation of methemoglobin.

MONITORING METHOD:

Monitoring Tubes:

226-40 *

Catalog Number	Sorbent (Coating)	Size	Sections	Sorbent (mg)	Ends	Tube Holder	Separators	Quantity
226-40 *	Molecular Sieve (2 tubes) (Triethanolamine) \| Oxidizer	7x70	1	400	GS \| GS	D	WW , WW	10 sets

Monitoring Instruments:

VRAE