Testing Status of Agents at NTP
CAS Registry Number: 14807-96-6 (Talc)
Selected information from two of the National Library of Medicine's databases: ChemIDPlus1 and HSDB2.
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Chemical Properties2
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Uses2
- Additive to clay in ceramic manufacture and paper coatings, for roofing materials. **PEER REVIEWED**
- Carrier and diluent for insecticides; filler and pigment for paints and elastomers; additive in manufacture of refractories. **PEER REVIEWED**
- Ceramics; cosmetics and pharmaceuticals; filler in rubber, paints, putty, plaster, oilcloth; abherent; slate pencils and crayons
- Dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations; excipient and filler for pills, tablets and for dusting tablet molds; clarifying liquids by filtration. As pigment in paints, varnishes, rubber; filler for paper, rubber, soap; in fireproof and cold-water paints for wood, metal and stone; lubricating molds and machinery; glove and shoe powder; electric and heat insulator.
- VET: Topically on vulva fold pyodermas of dogs as protectant.
Superlist Classes1
- Ceiling 20 mppcf;
- Overall Carcinogenic Evaluation: Group 3
- TWA 2 mg/m3; (Inhalable particulate matter containing no asbestos and < 1% crystalline silica); Not classifiable as a human carcinogen
Notes (Sources: NTP,HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1
- None found
Other Registry Numbers1
- 110540-41-5
- 11119-41-8
- 12420-12-1
- 37232-12-5
- 99638-63-8
Synonyms (Sources: NTP, HSDB,RTECS,MESH)1
- B 13
- B 9
- P 3
- B 13 (mineral)
- P 3 (Mineral)
- Agalite
- Alpine talc USP, bc 127
- Asbestine
- Beaver White 200
- CI 77718
- CP 10-40
- CP 38-33
- Crystalite CRS 6002
- Desertalc 57
- Emtal 500
- Emtal 549
- Emtal 596
- Emtal 599
- EX-IT
- Fibrene C 400
- Finntalc C10
- Finntalc M05
- Finntalc M15
- Finntalc P40
- Finntalc PF
- French chalk
- FW-XO
- HSDB 830
- Hydrous magnesium silicate
- IT Extra
- LMR 100
- Lo Micron talc USP, bc 2755
- Micro Ace K1
- Micro Ace L1
- Micron White 5000A
- Micron White 5000P
- Micron White 5000S
- Microtalco IT Extra
- Mistron 139
- Mistron 2SC
- Mistron frost P
- Mistron RCS
- Mistron Star
- Mistron super frost
- Mistron vapor
- MP 12-50
- MP 25-38
- MP 40-27
- MP 45-26
- MST
- Mussolinite
- NCI-C06008
- Nonasbestiform talc
- Nonfibrous talc
- Nytal 200
- Nytal 400
- PK-C
- PK-N
- Polytal 4641
- Polytal 4725
- Snowgoose
- Soapstone
- Steatite
- Steatite talc
- Steawhite
- Supreme
- Supreme dense
- Talc (Mg3H2(SiO3)4)
- Talc, non-asbestos form
- Talc (powder)
- Talcan PK-P
- Talcron CP 44-31
- Talcum
- TY 80
Links to Additional Information1
- PubMed AIDS
- PubMed Cancer
- CCRIS
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- DailyMed
- DART
- DrugPortal
- EINECS
- EMIC
- Haz-Map
- Household Products
- HSDB
- PubMed
- MeSH
- MeSH Heading
- PubChem
- PubMed Toxicology
- TOXLINE
- MedlinePlusAll
Footnotes
1 Source: the National Library of Medicine's ChemIDPlus, 10/28/2007.
2 Source: the National Library of Medicine's Hazardous Substance Database, 10/28/2007.
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