SWCAA Pollutant Details

7439-97-6: MERCURY

  • HYDRAGYRUM
  • MERCURY (elemental)
  • QUICKSILVER

IUPAC: mercury
InChi Key: QSHDDOUJBYECFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N WEB


HAP:   YES
VOC:   NO
Criteria Pollutant:   NO
Particulate:   YES
Trace Element:   YES
98 ECY TAP:   YES
09 ECY TAP:   YES
19 ECY TAP:   YES
Chemical Formula:   Hg
Element Count:   Hg
Molecular Weight:   200.59 g/mol
GHG-EPA:   NO
GHG-WA state:   NO
CO2 Equivalent:  
PM Precursor:   YES
Ozone (O3) Precursor:   NO
Ozone Depleting:  
Ozone Depletion Potential:  
Lifetime in Years:  
Marijuana Pollutant:   NO
ECY PBT:  
SWCAA TAP Category:   MERCURY and compounds
EPA HAP Category:   MERCURY COMPOUNDS 
EPA HAP Group Category:  
EPA NEI Pollutant Code:   7439976
EPA SRS ID:   149633  Web
EPA ATW FACT SHEET:   Web
EPA NEI COMPOUND ID:   E650028
EPA Banned Substance:   YES
EPCRA 313 PBT:   YES
EPA Urban HAP:   YES
     

Boiling Point:   674.1 / 356.67 F/C
Melting Point:   -37.84 / -38.89 F/C
Specific Gravity:   13.534
Vapor Pressure:   0.0012 mmHg@77F (25C)
Henry's Law Constant:  
Convert ppm to mg/m3:   8.204
Log Pow:  

Regulated Under These Programs

NIOSH OSHA ACGIH OEHHA
EPA IRIS ATSDR EPA ATW TSCA 2019
CAL TOXIC NEW JERSEY TRI 2014 DFG

SWCAA / WAC 173-460 (1998) TOXIC LIMITS
ASIL SQER TAP
Class
24hr ug/m3 Annual ug/m3 lbs/yr lbs/hr
0.33 175 0.02  B
WAC 173-460 (2009) TOXIC LIMITS
 
ASIL ug/m3 SQER lbs/ Deminimus lbs/ Average Period
0.09  0.000493  0.0000246  24 HR 

WAC 173-460 (2019) TOXIC LIMITS
 
ASIL ug/m3 SQER lbs/ Deminimus lbs/ Average Period
0.03  0.0022  0.00011  24 HR 
IRIS EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Web
IRIS INH REF CONC (non cancer):  0.0003  mg/m3
IRIS URF (cancer):   per ug/m3
   
IRIS WOE Cancer Class: 

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Web
Ambient Benchmark Concentration: 0.3 ug/m3
New Jersey Department of Health Web
Right To Know Code: 1183 Web 

Idaho Occupational Exposure Limits (OEL) Web
IDAHO DEQ Type:   
IDAHO OEL (non-cancer):   mg/m3
IDAHO ACC (non-cancer):   mg/m3
IDAHO DEQ Emission Level:   lb/hr
IDAHO DEQ URF (cancer):   per ug/m3
IDAHO AACC (cancer):   ug/m3
Texas Effects Screening Levels (ESL) Web
Short Term ESL:  0.1 (PM10)  ug/m3
Basis:  Health  
 
Long Term ESL:  0.01 (PM10)  ug/m3
Basis:  Health  

ACGIH Threshold Limit Values (TLV) Web
2008 ACGIH TLV TWA:  0.025  mg/m3
2008 ACGIH STEL:   
2008 ACGIH Carcinogen Class:  A4  
ATSDR Minimal Risk Levels (MRL) Web
ATSDR GMMC AIR:  0.00316595  mg/m3
 ATSDR Chronic MRL: 0.0002  mg/m3
 ATSDR Acute MRL:  
 ATSDR Interrim MRL:  
 ATSDR Carcinogenicity Class: 3  

NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits (REL) Web
NIOSH RTECS No:  OVA4550000  
NIOSH ICSC No:  0056  Web
NIOSH REL TWA:  0.05  mg/m3
NIOSH STEL:  0.1  mg/m3
NIOSH IDLH:  10  mg/m3
OEHHA Category Group Ref Exposure Levels (REL) Web
OEHHA Acute REL:  0.6  ug/m3
OEHHA Chronic REL:  0.03  ug/m3
OEHHA URF (cancer):   per ug/m3
   

OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits (PEL) Web
OSHA PEL TWA:   mg/m3
OSHA STEL:  0.1  mg/m3
DFG German Research Foundation (MAK) Web
Carcinogen and Mutagen Categories:
DFG MAK:  3B  cancer
DFG BAT:   mutagen

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