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25.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Iron
CAS-number :
7439-89-6
 
Synonyms :
ferric ion (CAS 20074-52-6)
ferrous ion (CAS 15438-31-0)
rauta
rauta(II)ioni (CAS 15438-31-0)
rauta(III)ioni (CAS 20074-52-6)
rauta-ioni
 
Effects on amphibia :
LC50 (96hr) 17.62 mg/l, tadpoles of Rana hexadactyla (Khangarot
et al. 1985).
 
LC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
5.9  21d, Daphnia magna
9.6  48hr, with food, Daphnia magna
  Biesinger & Christensen 1972
  --
81.1  Fe(III), 48hr, Asellus aquaticus
  Furmanska 1979
  --
124  Fe(III), 96hr, Asellus aquaticus
183  Fe(III), 48hr, Asellus aquaticus
  Martin & Holdich 1986
 
EC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
5.2  21d, rpd, Daphnia magna
  Biesinger & Christensen 1972
 
LOEC values to crustaceans, mg/l :
4.4  21d, rpd, Daphnia magna
  Biesinger & Christenssen 1972
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
80  24hr, Alburnus alburnus
75  24hr, Platichthys flesus
230  24hr, Perca fluviatilis
  Bagge & Ilus 1975

References
98Bagge & Ilus, E. 1975. Ferrosulfaatin ja sitä sisältävien jätevesien akuutista myrkyllisyydestä murtovedessä. Meri 3: 46 - 64.
139Biesinger, K.E. & Christensen, G.M. 1972. Effects of various metals on survival, growth, reproduction, and metabolism of Daphnia magna. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 29: 1691 - 1700.
459Furmanska, M. 1979. Studies of the effect of copper, zinc, and iron on the biotic components of aquatic ecosystems. Pol. Arch. Hydrobiol. 26: 213.
1767Khangarot, B.S., Sehgal, A. & Bhasin, E.K. 1985. Man and biosphere - Studies on the Sikkim Himalayas. Part 5: Acute toxicity of selected heavy metals on the tadpoles of Rana hexadactyla. Acta hydrochim. et hydrobiol. 13(2): 259 - 263.
1768Khangarot, B.S., Sehgal, A. & Bhasin, M.K. 1985. Man and Biosphere - Studies on the Sikkim Himalayas. Part 6: Toxicity of selected pesticides to frog tadpole Rana hexadactyla (Lesson). Acta hydrochim. hydrobiol. 13(3): 391 - 394.
1763Martin, T.R. & Holdich, D.M. 1986. The acute lethal toxicity of heavy metals to peracarid crustaceans (with particular reference to fresh-water asellids and gammarids). Water Res. 20(9): 1137 - 1147.

 
 
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