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Substance Name: Carbon dioxide [USP]
RN: 124-38-9
UNII: 142M471B3J
InChIKey: CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Note

  • A colorless, odorless gas that can be formed by the body and is necessary for the respiration cycle of plants and animals.

Molecular Formula

  • C-O2

Molecular Weight

  • 44.009
 

Classification Codes

Classification Codes

  • Human Data
  • Reproductive Effect
  • Stimulant (Respiratory)

Superlist Classification Codes

  • TWA (5000 ppm); STEL (30000 ppm)
  • TWA 5000 ppm (9000 mg/m3)

Names and Synonyms

Name of Substance

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Carbon dioxide [USP]

MeSH Heading

  • Carbon dioxide

Synonyms

  • AER Fixus
  • After-damp
  • Anhydride carbonique
  • Anhydride carbonique [French]
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Carbon oxide
  • Carbon oxide, di-
  • Carbonic acid anhydride
  • Carbonic acid gas
  • Carbonic anhydride
  • Carbonica
  • Caswell No. 163
  • Dioxido de carbono
  • Dioxido de carbono [Spanish]
  • Dioxyde de carbone
  • Dioxyde de carbone [French]
  • Dry ice
  • EINECS 204-696-9
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 016601
  • HSDB 516
  • Khladon 744
  • Kohlendioxyd
  • Kohlendioxyd [German]
  • Kohlensaure
  • Kohlensaure [German]
  • R 744
  • UNII-142M471B3J

Systematic Name

  • Carbon dioxide

Superlist Names

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Carbon dioxide [UN1013] [Nonflammable gas]
  • Carbon dioxide, refrigerated liquid
  • Carbon dioxide, refrigerated liquid [UN2187] [Nonflammable gas]
  • Carbon dioxide, solid or dry ice
  • Carbon dioxide, solid or dry ice [UN1845] [Class 9]
  • UN1013
  • UN1845
  • UN2187

Registry Numbers

CAS Registry Number

  • 124-38-9

FDA UNII

  • 142M471B3J

Other Registry Numbers

  • 1053656-66-8
  • 1053659-60-1
  • 1202865-27-7
  • 18923-20-1
  • 957761-35-2

System Generated Number

  • 0000124389

Structure Descriptors

InChI

1S/CO2/c2-1-3

InChIKey

CURLTUGMZLYLDI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Smiles

C(=O)=O

Toxicity

Organism Test Type Route Reported Dose (Normalized Dose) Effect Source
human LCLo inhalation 9pph/5M (90000ppm)   Tabulae Biologicae. Vol. 3, Pg. 231, 1933.
mammal (species unspecified) LCLo inhalation 90000ppm/5M (90000ppm)   Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Vol. 138, Pg. 65, 1928.