Toxicity Gvr
LC84 values for white rats following 2 and 4 h of inhalation were 52 and 69.5 mg L, respectively Pilipiuk et al., 1977 . LC 50 96-h static bioassay for bluegill sunfish gt 10,000 mg L, Menidia beryllina 6,700 mg L quoted, Verschueren, 1983 . LC50 48-h for red killifish 81,280 mg L Yoshioka et al., 1986 . LC50 4-h inhalation for white rats 46 mg L Pilipiuk et al., 1977 . LC 16 values for white rats following 2 and 4 h of inhalation were 61 and 40 mg L, respectively Pilipiuk et al., 1977 . Acute...
Environmental fate Nbp
Biological. Bridi et al. 1979 reported BOD and COD values 1.03 and 1.92 g g using filtered effluent from a biological sanitary waste treatment plant. These values were determined using a standard dilution method at 20 C for a period of 5 d. When a sewage seed was used in a separate screening test, a BOD value of 1.27 g g was obtained. Similarly, Heukelekian and Rand 1955 reported a 5-d BOD value of 1.42 g g which is 72.4 of the ThOD value of 1.96 g g. Photolytic. Grosjean 1997 reported a rate...
Methylanthracene
CAS Registry Number 613-12-7 Molecular formula C15H12 Formula weight 192.96 RTECS CB0680000 1.165 using method of Lyman et al. 1982 Diffusivity in water x 10-5 cm2 sec 0.56 at 20 C using method of Hayduk and Laudie 1974 Dissociation constant, pKa gt 14 Schwarzenbach et al., 1993 5.12 using method of Karickhoff et al. 1979 Octanol water partition coefficient, log Kow Soluble in benzene and chloroform Weast, 1986 Solubility in water In g kg 7.06 at 6.3 C, 8.48 at 9.1 C, 9.43 at 10.8 C, 11.1 at...
Toxicity Yiz
LC50 inhalation for mice 57 ppm 4-h, rats 78 ppm 4-h quoted, RTECS, 1985 . Acute oral LD50 for hamsters 28 mg kg, rats 45 mg kg quoted, RTECS, 1985 . Source After 2 d, V-nitrodimethylamine was identified as a major metabolite of dimethylamine in an Arkport fine sandy loam Varna, NY and sandy soil Lake George, NY amended with sewage and nitrite-N. Mills and Alexander 1976 reported that V-nitrosodimethylamine also formed in soil, municipal sewage, and lake water supplemented with dimethylamine...
Environmental fate Jyx
Biological. Identified metabolites of dieldrin from solution cultures containing C, respectively particle size 5 Biggar and size 0.04 Robeck et al., 1965 Pseudomonas sp. in soils include aldrin and dihydroxydihydroaldrin. Other unidentified byproducts included a ketone, an aldehyde, and an acid Matsumura et al., 1968 Kearney and Kaufman, 1976 . A pure culture of the marine alga, namely Dunaliella sp., degraded dieldrin to photodieldrin and an unknown metabolite at yields of 8.5 and 3.2 ,...
Environmental fate Mrq
Biological. In anaerobic sludge, di-n-butyl phthalate degraded as follows monobutyl phthalate to o-phthalic acid to protocatechuic acid followed by ring cleavage and mineralization. More than 90 of di-n-butyl phthalate degraded in 40 d Shelton et al., 1984 . Di-n-butyl phthalate followed the same biodegradation pathway by five strains of microorganisms isolated from a coke-plant wastewater treatment plant sludge. It was proposed, however, that proto-catechuic acid further degraded to a...
Toxicity Pfg
EC50 96-h for guppies Lebistes reticulatus 1.31 mg L Canton et al., 1978 . LC 10 35-d for Lebistes reticulatus 0.5 mg L Canton et al., 1978 . LC50 96-h for Poecilia reticulata 1.49, Brachydanio rerio 1.11, Paracheirodon axelrodi 1.52 Oliverira-Filho and Paumgarten, 1997 , Lebistes reticulatus gt 1.4 mg L, Artemia salina 0.5 mg L Canton et al., 1978 . LC50 72-h values of 1.58, 1.11, and 1.52 mg L for Poecilia reticulata, Brachydanio rerio, and Paracheirodon axelrodi, respectively Oliverira-Filho...
Benzo[fluoranthene
Synonyms Benz e acephenanthrylene 3,4-Benz e acephenanthrylene 2,3-Benzfluoran-thene 3,4-Benzfluoranthene Benzo b fluoranthene Benzo e fluoranthene 2,3-Benzofluoran-thene 3,4-Benzofluoranthene 3,4-Benzo b fluoranthene B b F. CAS Registry Number 2Q5-99-2 Molecular formula C2QH12 Formula weight 252.32 RTECS CU14QQQQQ 168 Weast, 1986 163-165 Aldrich, 1988 161.6 Casellato et al., 1973 Diffusivity in water x 10-5 cm2 sec 0.49 at 20 C using method of Hayduk and Laudie 1974 Henry's law constant x 10-7...
Environmental fate Jbw
Biological. Carbaryl degraded completely after 4 wk of incubation in the dark in Holland March canal water Sharom et al., 1980 . Fourteen soil fungi metabolized methyl-14C carbaryl via hydroxylation forming 1-naphthyl-V-hydroxymethyl carbamate, 4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl-methyl carbamate and 5-hydroxy-1-naphthylmethyl carbamate Bollag and Liu, 1972 . Carbaryl was degraded by a culture of Aspergillus terreus to 1-naphthyl carbamate. The half-life was determined to be 8 d Liu and Bollag, 1971 . When...
Diacetone Alcohol
Synonyms DAA Diacetone Diacetonyl alcohol Diketone alcohol Dimethylacetonylcar-binol 4-Hydroxy-2-keto-4-methylpentane 4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentanone-2 4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one 4-Hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone 2-Methyl-2-pentanol-4-one Pyran-ton Pyranton A UN 1148. CAS Registry Number 123-42-2 DOT 1148 DOT label Flammable liquid Molecular formula C6H12O2 Formula weight 116.16 RTECS SA9100000 Merck reference 10, 2928
Aniline
Synonyms Aminobenzene Aminophen Aniline oil Anyvim Benzenamine Benzidam Blue oil C.I. 76000 C.I. oxidation base 1 Cyanol Krystallin Kyanol NCI-CO3736 Phenylamine RCRA waste number U012 UN 1547. CAS Registry Number 62-53-3 DOT 1547 DOT label Poison Molecular formula C6H7N Formula weight 93.13 RTECS BW6650000 Merck reference 10, 681 Colorless, oily liquid with a faint ammonia-like odor and burning taste. Darkens on exposure to air or light. The lower and upper odor thresholds are 2 and 128 ppm,...
Solubility in water Vey
In mg kg 0.431 at 25 C, 0.524 at 40.1 C, 0.907 at 69.7 C, 1.12 at 99.1 C, 4.62 at 121.3 C, 8.52 at 136.6 C, 11.8 at 149.5 C Price, 1976 0.66 mg kg at 25 C Coates et al., 1985 McAuliffe, 1963, 1966 1.35 mg kg at 0 C, 0.85 mg kg at 25 C Polak and Lu, 1973 0.884 mg L at 20 C, 1.66 mg L at 70 C Burris and Maclntyre, 1986 9.66 mol L at 25.0 C Tewari et al., 1982 Wasik et al., 1981 0.493 and 0.88 mg L at 25 C Mackay and Shiu, 1981 1.25 mg L Coutant and Keigley, 1988 Mole fraction x 107 2.6, 1.4, and...
Environmental fate Osm
Biological. When chrysene was statically incubated in the dark at 25 C with yeast extract and settled domestic wastewater inoculum, significant biodegradation with varied adaptation rates was observed. At concentrations of 5 and 10 mg L, 59 and 38 biodegradation, respectively, were observed after 28 d Tabak et al., 1981 . Contaminated soil from a manufactured coal gas plant that had been exposed to crude oil was spiked with chrysene 400 mg kg soil to which Fenton's reagent 5 mL 2.8 M hydrogen...
Benzene
Synonyms Annulene Benxole Benzol Benzole Benzolene Bicarburet of hydrogen Carbon oil Coal naphtha Coal tar naphtha Cyclohexatriene Mineral naphthalene Motor benzol NCI-C55276 Nitration benzene Phene Phenyl hydride Pyrobenzol Pyrobenzole RCRA waste number U019 UN 1114. CAS Registry Number 71-43-2 DOT 1114 DOT label Flammable liquid Molecular formula C6H6 Formula weight 78.11 RTECS CY1400000 Merck reference 10, 1063 Clear, colorless to light yellow watery liquid with an aromatic or gasoline-like...
Dibromochloropropane
Synonyms BBC 12 1-Chloro-2,3-dibromopropane 3-Chloro-1,2-dibromopropane DBCP Dibromochloropropane Fumagon Fumazone Fumazone 86 Fumazone 86E NCI-C00500 Nemabrom Nemafume Nemagon Nemagon 20 Nemagon 20G Nemagon 90 Nemagon 206 Nemagon soil fumigant Nemanax Nemapaz Nemaset Nematocide Nematox Nemazon OS 1987 Oxy DBCP RCRA waste number U066 SD 1897 UN 2872. CAS Registry Number 96-12-8 DOT 2872 Molecular formula C3H5Br2Cl Formula weight 236.36 RTECS TX8750000 Merck reference 10, 2994
Environmental fate Hvs
Biological. 1,2-Dichloropropane showed significant degradation with gradual adaptation in a static-culture flask-screening test settled domestic wastewater inoculum conducted at 25 C. At concentrations of 5 and 10 mg L, percent losses after 4 wk of incubation were 89 and 81, respectively. The amount lost due to volatilization was only 0-3 Tabak et al., 1981 . Soil. Boesten et al. 1992 investigated the transformation of 14C 1,2-dichloropropane under laboratory conditions of three subsoils...
Henrys law constant x atm mmol Mpw
19 Pankow and Rosen, 1988 2.56 at 25 C Gossett, 1987 3.18 at 30 C Jeffers et al., 1989 1.54, 2.03, 2.18, 2.59, and 3.18 at 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 C, respectively Ashworth et al., 1988 2.29, 3.37, and 4.75 at 20, 30, and 40 C, respectively Tse et al., 1992 3.10 at 24.3 C mole fraction ratio, Leighton and Calo, 1981 0.86, 1.00, 1.27, 1.97, and 2.66 at 2.0, 6.0, 10.0, 18.0, and 25.0 C, respectively Dewulf et al., 1999
Bischloroisopropyl Ether
Synonyms BCIE BCMEE Bis -chloroisopropyl ether Bis 2-chloro-1-methylethyl ether Bis 2-chloro-3-methylethyl ether 1-Chloro-2- -chloroisopropoxy propane 2-Chloroisoprop-yl ether -Chloroisopropylether 2-Chloro-1-methylethyl ether DCIP Dichlorodiisopropyl ether Dichloroisopropyl ether 2,2 -Dichloroisopropyl ether NCI-C50044 2,2 -Oxybis 1-chloropropane RCRA waste number U027 UN 2490. CAS Registry Number 108-60-1 DOT label Poison and corrosive material Molecular formula C6H12Cl2O Formula weight...
Soil sorption coefficient log Koc Hma
2.86, 2.94 Svea silt loam , 2.88 Hegne silty clay , 2.89 Fargo silty clay , 2.91 sandy loam, Ontonagon clay , 2.92 Milaca silty loam , 2.93 Kranzburg silty clay , 2.99 Fayette silty loam , 3.00 Canisteo clay , 3.03 Lester fine silty loam , 3.05 Zimmerman soil , 3.10 Brainerd fine silty loam , 3.11 Bearden silt , 3.26, 3.36 Blue Earth silt , 3.51 Ulen silty loam Adams and Li, 1971 2.88 Gila silt loam, Huggenberger et al., 1972 3.03 Wahid and Sethunathan, 1979 2.87 log Kom, Chiou et al., 1985...
Toxicity Vca
LC50 96-h static bioassay for bluegill sunfish 7.5 mg L, Menidia beryllina 15 mg L quoted, Verschueren, 1983 . Acute oral LD50 for mice 140 mg kg, rats 205 mg kg quoted, RTECS, 1985 . Uses In organic synthesis as a methylating agent. Synonyms o-Dinitrobenzene o -Dinitrobenzol UN 1597. CAS Registry Number 528-29-0 DOT 1597 DOT label Poison Molecular formula C6H4N2O4 Formula weight 168.11 RTECS CZ7450000 Merck reference 10, 3273
Environmental fate Gdm
Biological. Under aerobic conditions, microbes in estuarine water partially dechlorinated pentachlorophenol to trichlorophenol Hwang et al., 1986 . The disappearance of pentachloro-phenol was studied in four aquaria, with and without mud, under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Potential biological and or chemical products identified include pentachloroanisole, 2,3,4,5-, 2,3,4,6-, and 2,3,5,6-tetrachlorophenol Boyle, 1980 . Pentachlorophenol degraded in anaerobic sludge to...
Solubility in water Fcl
In mg kg 39.5 at 25 C, 39.8 at 40.1 C, 41.8 at 55.7 C, 69.4 at 99.1 C. In NaCl solution at 25 C salinity, g kg 36.8 1.002 , 34.5 10.000 , 27.6 34.472 , 22.6 50.03 , 10.9 125.10 , 5.91 199.90 , 2.64 279.80 , 2.01 358.70 Price, 1976 38.5 mg kg at 25 C McAuliffe, 1963, 1966 65.7 mg kg at 0 C, 47.6 mg kg at 25 C Polak and Lu, 1973 39 mg kg at 25 C Krzyzanowska and Szeliga, 1978 360 mg L at 16 C Fischer and Ehrenberg, 1948 565 mol L at 25.0 C Tewari et al., 1982 Wasik et al., 1981 40.0, 40.4 and...
Toxicity Sda
LC50 contact for earthworm Eisenia fetida 2,160 g cm2 Neuhauser et al., 1985 . LC50 10-d for Rhepoxynius abronius 3.31 mg g organic carbon Swartz et al., 1997 . LC50 96-h for bluegill sunfish 4.0 mg L Spehar et al., 1982 , Cyprinodon variegatus gt 560 ppm using natural seawater Heitmuller et al., 1981 . LC50 72-h for Cyprinodon variegatus gt 560 ppm Heitmuller et al., 1981 . LC50 48-h for Daphnia magna 320 mg L LeBlanc, 1980 , Cyprinodon variegatus gt 560 ppm Heitmuller et al., 1981 . LC50 24-h...
Solubility in water Dfo
77,085 mg L at 20 C Mackay and Yeun, 1983 74,700 mg L at 25 C in Lake Superior water having a hardness and alkalinity of 45.5 and 42.2 mg L as CaCO3, respectively Veith et al., 1983 74.5 g L at 25 C Stockhardt and Hull, 1931 63.3 g L at 25.0 C Tewari et al., 1982 Wasik et al., 1981 74 g kg at 25 C De Santis et al., 1976 In wt 7.497 at 22.60 C, 7.407 at 23.70 C, 7.318 at 24.85 C, 7.31 at 25.00 C, 7.202 at 26.4 C, 7.090 at 29.18 C, 7.016 at 29.18 C Butler et al., 1933 6,700 mg kg at 37.7 C...
Environmental fate 1
Biological. When acenaphthylene was statically incubated in the dark at 25 C with yeast extract and settled domestic wastewater inoculum, significant biodegradation with rapid adaptation was observed. At concentrations of 5 and 10 mg L, 100 and 94 biodegradation, respectively, were observed after 7 d Tabak et al., 1981 . A Beijerinckia sp. and a mutant strain was able to cooxidize acenaphthylene to the following metabolites ac enaphthenequinone and a compound tentatively identified as...
Methylheptanone
Synonyms Amyl ethyl ketone EAK Ethyl amyl ketone Ethyl sec-amyl ketone 3-Methyl-5-heptanone. CAS Registry Number 541-85-5 DOT 2271 DOT label Combustible liquid Molecular formula C8H16O Formula weight 128.21 RTECS MJ7350000 Merck reference 10, 3712 158.5 NIOSH, 1987 160, 162 Verschueren, 1983 0.820-0.824 at 20 20 C Windholz et al., 1983 0.85 at 0 4 C Verschueren, 1983 Diffusivity in water x 10-5 cm2 sec 0.68 at 20 C using method of Hayduk and Laudie 1974 Henry's law constant x 10-4 atm m3 mol...
Environmental fate Aio
Photolytic. The vacuum UV photolysis 147 nm and radiolysis of ethylenimine resulted in the formation of acetylene, methane, ethane, ethylene, hydrogen cyanide, methyl radicals, and hydrogen Scala and Salomon, 1976 . Photolysis of ethylenimine vapor at krypton and xenon lines yielded ethylene, ethane, methane, acetylene, propane, butane, hydrogen, ammonia, ethylenimino radicals Iwasaki et al., 1973 . Chemical Physical. Polymerizes easily Windholz et al., 1983 . Hydrolyzes in water forming...
Toxicity Yxb
Concentrations that reduce the fertility of Daphnia magna in 2 wk for 50 EC50 and 16 EC16 of the population are 0.93 and 0.64 mg L, respectively Calamari et al., 1983 . EC50 96-h and EC50 3-h concentrations that inhibit the growth of 50 of Selenastrum capricornutum population are 1.6 and 5.2 mg L, respectively Calamari et al., 1983 . IC50 24-h for Daphnia magna 1.6 mg L Calamari et al., 1983 . LC50 14-d for Poecilia reticulata 4 mg L K nemann, 1981 . LC50 96-h for fathead minnows 4.0 mg L Veith...
Toxicity Ppn
Concentrations that reduce the fertility of Daphnia magna in 2 wk for 50 EC50 and 16 EC16 of the population are 0.55 and 0.37 mg L, respectively Calamari et al., 1983 . EC50 96-h and EC50 3-h concentrations that inhibit the growth of 50 of Selenastrum capricornutum population are 2.2 and 10.0 mg L, respectively Calamari et al., 1983 . IC50 24-h for Daphnia magna 0.78 mg L Calamari et al., 1983 . LC50 contact for earthworm Eisenia fetida 21 g cm2 Neuhauser et al., 1985 . LC50 14-d for Poecilia...
Benzidine
Synonyms Azoic diazo component 112 Benzidine base p-Benzidine 4,4 -Bianiline p,p -Bi-aniline 1,1 -Biphenyl -4,4 -diamine 4,4 -Bipheny ldiamine p,p -Biphenyldiamine 4,4 -Bi-phenylenediamine p,p -Biphenylenediamine C.I. 37225 C.I. azoic diazo component 112 4,4 -Diaminobiphenyl p,p -Diaminobiphenyl 4,4 -Diamino-1,1 -biphenyl 4,4 -Diaminodi-pheny l p-Diaminodiphenyl p,p -Diaminodiphenyl 4,4 -Dianiline p,p -Dianiline 4,4 -Di-phenylenediamine p,p -Diphenylenediamine Fast corinth base B NCI-C03361...