Potassium Iodate

H272 (85.3%): May intensify fire; oxidizer [Danger Oxidizing liquids; Oxidizing solids]

H302 (58.2%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

H315 (59.6%): Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]

H319 (66.8%): Causes serious eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]

H335 (59.4%): May cause respiratory irritation [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure; Respiratory tract irritation]

P210, P220, P261, P264, P264+P265, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P330, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P370+P378, P403+P233, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 443 reports by companies from 25 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Information may vary between notifications depending on impurities, additives, and other factors. The percentage value in parenthesis indicates the notified classification ratio from companies that provide hazard codes. Only hazard codes with percentage values above 10% are shown. For more detailed information, please visit ECHA C&L website.

H302: Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

P264, P270, P301+P317, P330, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

H371: May cause damage to organs [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure]

P260, P264, P270, P301+P317, P308+P316, P330, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

SRP: At the time of review, criteria for land treatment or burial (sanitary landfill) disposal practices are subject to significant revision. Prior to implementing land disposal of waste residue (including waste sludge), consult with environmental regulatory agencies for guidance on acceptable disposal practices.

3.6 [mg/m3]

40 [mg/m3]

240 [mg/m3]

White crystals or crystalline powder. [HSDB]

White crystals or crystalline powder

Colorless monoclinic crystals

Odorless

4.74 g/100 cc water @ 0 °C; 32.3 g/100 cc @ 100 °C; insol in alc, nitric acid; sol in potassium iodide

Sol in dil sulfuric acid

9.16 g/100 g H20 at 25 °C

3.89 @25 °C

When heated to decomposition it emits very toxic fumes.

Partial decomp @ 560 °C

DECOMP @ GREATER THAN 100 °C

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CAN REACT VIGOROUSLY WITH REDUCING MATERIALS

Potentially explosive reaction with charcoal + ozone; metals; arsenic; carbon; phosphorus; sulfur; alkali metal hydrides; alkaline earth metal hydrides; antimony sulfide; arsenic sulfide; copper sulfide; tin sulfide; metal cyanides; metal thiocyanates; manganese dioxide. Violent reaction with organic matter.

Occupational hepatotoxin - Secondary hepatotoxins: the potential for toxic effect in the occupational setting is based on cases of poisoning by human ingestion or animal experimentation.

LD50 Mouse ip 136 mg/kg

NO HUMAN INGESTION OF IODATE SALTS CAN BE CITED. /IODATE SALTS/

...IN FASTING DOG...0.2-0.25 G/KG...USUALLY CAUSE/S/ EMESIS, BUT IF THIS IS PREVENTED SIGNS OF ANOREXIA AND PROSTRATION PRECEDE DEATH. NECROTIC LESIONS OF THE LIVER, KIDNEYS AND GASTRIC AND INTESTINAL MUCOSA...

POTASSIUM & SODIUM IODATE HAVE ABOUT THE SAME LD50 & PRODUCE DEATH IN ACUTE RENAL FAILURE /IN MICE/...SOMETIMES HEMOGLOBINURIA PRECEDED RENAL SHUTDOWN.

POTASSIUM IODATE INDUCED STERILITY IN COPTA MITE (T PUTRESCENTIAE) WHEN GIVEN IN DIET @ 0.25-1.0% CONCN FOR 1-2 WK. FEMALES WERE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE THAN MALES. EGG FORMATION WAS DETRIMENTALLY AFFECTED.

POTASSIUM IODATE INDUCED DEFORMED SPIRACLES IN PUPAE WHEN FED TO SILKWORM LARVAE @ 100 PPM IODINE.

SRP: At the time of review, criteria for land treatment or burial (sanitary landfill) disposal practices are subject to significant revision. Prior to implementing land disposal of waste residue (including waste sludge), consult with environmental regulatory agencies for guidance on acceptable disposal practices.