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29.3.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
n-Propanol
CAS-number :
71-23-8
 
Synonyms :
n-propanoli
propyl alcohol
propyylialkoholi
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C3H8O
EINECS-number :
2007469
 
Uses :
Solvent.
 
Odor :
Quality: sweet, alcohol
Hedonic tone: pleasant
Threshold odour concentration
absolute: <0.03 ppm
50 % recognition: 0.08 ppm
100 % recognition: 0.13 ppm
Odour index 100 % recognition: 246 625
(Hellman & Small 1974)
 
Molecular weight :
60.11
 
Melting point, °C :
-126.5 
 
Boiling point, °C :
97.4 
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
0.25  Sangster 1989
 
Henry's law constant, Pa x m3/mol :
0.9253  calc. Yaws et al. 1991
 
Volatilization :
Relative volatility (nBuAc=1) = 0.94
 
LD50 values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg :
1870  orl-rat
 
Maximum longterm immission concentration in air for plants,mg/m3 :
50  VDI 2306
 
Maximum longterm immission concentration in air for plants,ppm :
20  VDI 2306
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
bacteria (Pseudomonas putida): 2700 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)
 
EC50 values to microorganism, mg/l :
8700  15 min Microtox, Hermens et al. 1985
19091  Biodegration inhibition, Vaishnav 1986
 
NOEC values to algae, mg/l :
2000  rpd, schr, Selenastrum caprinornutum
  Slooff et al. 1983
 
LC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
7080  48hr, Daphnia magna
3025  48hr, Daphnia pulex
5820  48hr, Daphnia cucullata
  Canton & Adema 1978
  --
2300  96hr, 21 °C, Nitocra spinipes
  Linden et al. 1979
  --
2500  48hr, Asellus aquaticus, Slooff 1983
1000  48hr, Gammarus pulex, Slooff 1983
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
3200  48hr, Salmo gairdneri
  Slooff et al. 1983
  --
3000  3000 - 4000, 96hr, 10 °C, Alburnus
  alburnus, Linden et al. 1979
  --
4630  96 hr, Pimephales promelas
4480  96 hr, Pimephales promelas, Brooke et al. 1984
 
EC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
4630  96 hr, mbt, Pimephales promelas
4480  96 hr, mbt, Pimephales promelas, Brooke et al 1984
 
Other information of water organisms :
LOEC 38 mg/l, rpd, scht, Entosiphon sulcatum (Bringmann & Kühn
1980a).

LC50, 48hr, 9200 mg/l, Tubificidae
LC50, 48hr, 2350 mg/l, Chironomus gr. thummi
LC50, 48hr, 1400 mg/l, Erpobdella octoculata
LC50, 48hr, 6500 mg/l, Lymnaea stagnalis
LC50, 48hr, 4700 mg/l, Dugesia cf. lugubris
LC50, 48hr, 6800 mg/l, Hydra oligactis
LC50, 48hr, 2000 mg/l, Corixa punctata
LC50, 48hr, 4200 mg/l, Ischura elegans
LC50, 48hr, 1520 mg/l, Nemoura cinerea
LC50, 48hr, 3110 mg/l, Cloeon dipterum
(Slooff 1983)

Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
green algae (Scenedesmus quadricauda): 3100 mg/l
protozoa (Entosiphon sulcatum): 38 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)

References
188Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1980a. Comparison of the toxicity thresholds of water pollutants to bacteria, algae and protozoa in the cell multiplication inhibition test. Water Res. 14: 231 - 241.
3295Brooke, L. T. et al. 1984. Acute toxicities of organic chemicals to fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas); Vol 1. Center for Lake Superior Environmental Studies University of Wisconsin-Superior, Superior, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
241Canton, J.H. & Adema, D.M.M. 1978. Reproducibility of short-term and reproduction toxicity experiments with Daphnia magna and comparisons of the sensitivity of Daphnia magna with Daphnia pulex and Daphnia cucullata in short-term experiments. Hydrobiologia 59(2): 135 - 140.
1673Hellman, T.M. & Small, F.H. 1974. Characterization of the odour properties of 101 petrochemicals using sensory methods. J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc. 24: 979 - 982.
2414Hermens, J. et al. 1985c. Quantitative structure activity relationships and mixture of toxicity studies of organic chemicals in Photobacterium phosphoreum: Microtox test. Ecotox. Environ. Safety 9: 17.
831Linden, E., Bengtsson, B-E., Svanberg, O. & Sundström, G. 1979. The acute toxicity of 78 chemicals and pesticide formulations against two brackish water organisms, the bleak (Alburnus alburnus) and the harpacticoid Nitocra spinipes. Chemosphere 11/12: 843 - 851.
950Meinck, F., Stoof, H. & Kohlschutter, H. 1970. Les eaux residuaires industrielles.
3104Sangster, J. 1989. Octanol-water partition coefficients of simple organic compounds. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol 18, No. 3: 1111 - 1229.
1304Slooff, W., Canton, J.H. & Hermens, J.L.M. 1983. Comparison of the susceptibility of 22 freshwater species to 15 chemical compounds. I (sub)acute toxicity tests. - Aquatic toxicology 4: 113 - 128.
1302Slooff, W. 1983. Benthic macroinvertebrates and water quality assessment: some toxicological considerations. Aquat. Toxicol. 4: 73.
2416Vaishnav, D. D. 1986. Chemical structure-biodegradation inhibition and fish acute toxicity relationships for narcotic industri chemicals. Toxicity Assessment 1: 227.
1599VDI 2306. VDI-Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft. Maximale Immissions-Konzentrationen (MIK). Organische Verbildungen.
2413Walker, J. D. 1987. Effects of chemicals on microorganisms. Journal WPCF 59 (6): 614 - 625.
3030Yaws, C., Yang, H-C. & Pan, X. 1991. Henry's law constants for 362 organic compounds in water. Chemical Engineering. November. p 179 - 185.

 
 
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