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Preferred Name

Selenium Sulfide
Synonyms

SELENIUM SULFIDE

Selenium Sulfide

Definitions

An orange-yellow powder that is soluble in carbon disulfide and practically insoluble in both water and organic solvents. Selenium sulfide is used as an ingredient in antidandruff shampoos and as a constituent of fungicides. When heated to decomposition, it emits toxic fumes of sulfur oxides and selenium. The primary routes of potential human exposure to selenium sulfide are dermal contact and inhalation. Contact with selenium sulfide can cause severe redness or irritation of the skin. It is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen. (NCI05)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C44444

CAS_Registry

7488-56-4

Chemical_Formula

S2Se

code

C44444

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

Contributing_Source

FDA

DEFINITION

An orange-yellow powder that is soluble in carbon disulfide and practically insoluble in both water and organic solvents. Selenium sulfide is used as an ingredient in antidandruff shampoos and as a constituent of fungicides. When heated to decomposition, it emits toxic fumes of sulfur oxides and selenium. The primary routes of potential human exposure to selenium sulfide are dermal contact and inhalation. Contact with selenium sulfide can cause severe redness or irritation of the skin. It is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen. (NCI05)

FDA_UNII_Code

Z69D9E381Q

FULL_SYN

SELENIUM SULFIDE

Selenium Sulfide

label

Selenium Sulfide

Legacy Concept Name

Selenium_Sulfide

Preferred_Name

Selenium Sulfide

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C44444

Semantic_Type

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0074281

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C28394

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C45499

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