Bismuth orthovanadate

Bismuth Orthovanadate, BiV04, is a bright yellow compound obtained by the double decomposition of bismuth nitrate with an alkali vanadate.4... 

BIVO4 = bismuth orthovanadate Cardio = cardiovascular d = days(s) Derm/oc = Dermal/ocular Gastro = gastrontestinal Hemato = hematological hr = hour(s) LOAEL = lowest-observed-adverse-effect level mo = month(s) NOAEL = no-observed-adverse-effect level Resp = respiratory v = vanadium V2O5 = Vanadium pentoxide wk = week(s)... 

Data are available regarding the effects of inhalation of bismuth orthovanadate in rats and vanadium pentoxide in monkeys following acute and intermediate exposures. Data are available following acute, intermediate, and chronic oral exposures in animals, including information on death (from sodium metavanadate or vanadyl sulfate), immunological (from sodium orthovanadate), neurological (from vanadium pentoxide), developmental, and reproductive effects (from sodium metavanadate). No animal dermal data were located. 

Lee KP, Gillies PJ. 1986. Pulmonary response and intrapulmonary lipids in rats exposed to bismuth orthovanadate dust by inhalation. Environ Res 40 115-135. 

Bismuth vanadate or orthovanadate, BiV04, occurs naturally as tetragonal dreyerite in Hirschhorn, Germany, as monoclinic clinobisvanite in Yinnietharra, Western Australia, and as orthorhombic pucherite in Schneeberg, Germany. However, these deposits are of no practical importance to the pigment industry. 

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