Zinc Fluoride
CAS No. 7783-49-5
 
 

ACTIVITY: Wood preservative, Termiticide

Structure:

Regulatory Information
(only comprehensive for the US)
US EPA Registered: No 
Other Information
Molecular Formula: Zn F2
INORGANIC - Zinc
 
Manufacturers: Elf Atochem North America 
Other Names: Zinc difluoride
Zinc fluorure (French)
 
Manufacture site: US:
Elf Atochem North America, Tulsa, OK 74119  
Of special interest:
TOXNET profile from Hazardous Substances Data Bank
Fluoride/fluorinated substances identified in Agreement between Canada and the United States on Great Lakes Water Quality, 1978.
Appendix 1 - Hazardous Polluting Substances:
Ammonium Bifluoride * Ammonium Fluoborate * Ammonium Fluoride * Ammonium Silicofluoride * Antimony Trifluoride * Beryllium Fluoride * Ferric Fluoride * Hydrofluoric Acid * Lead Fluoborate * Lead Fluoride * Sodium Bifluoride * Sodium Fluoride * Zinc Fluoride * Zinc Silicofluoride * Zirconium Potassium Fluoride.
Appendix 2 - Potential Hazardous Polluting Substances:
Aluminum Fluoride * Antimony Pentafluoride * Benfluralin * Chlorflurazole * Cobaltous Fluoride * Stannous Fluoride
 

Adverse Effects:

As of Dec 2003: No data available


Major Uses:
FLUORINATION OF ORG CMPD; MFR OF PHOSPHORS FOR FLUORESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTS; GLAZES & ENAMELS FOR PORCELAIN; PRESERVING WOOD; IN ELECTROPLATING BATHS
[Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1996. 1734]

TERMITE REPELLENT
[Clayton, G.D., F.E. Clayton (eds.) Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. Volumes 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F: Toxicology. 4th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1993-1994. 2334]

For galvanizing steel and making ceramics.
[Association of American Railroads. Emergency Handling of Hazardous Materials in Surface Transportation. Washington, DC: Association of American Railroads, Bureau of Explosives, 1994. 1140]

Manufacturers:
Elf Atochem North America, 2000 Market St., 21st Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103-3222, (215)419-7000. Production site: Tulsa, OK 74119
[SRI. 1997 Directory of Chemical Producers -United States of America. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International 1997.. 979]

From Hazardous Substances Data Bank

 
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