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27.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
ethylamine
CAS-number :
75-04-7
 
Synonyms :
aminoethane.
Etyyliamiini
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C2H7N
EINECS-number :
2008347
 
pKa :
10.7 
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
-0.13  Sangster 1989
 
LD50 values to birds in oral exposure, mg/kg :
101  >101, orl-Agelaius phoeniceus
  Schafer et al. 1983
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
bacteria (Pseudomonas putida): 29 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)
 
LOEC values to algae, mg/l :
1.3  rpd,schr, Microcystis aeruginosa,
  Bringmann & KÜhn 1976
2.3  rpd,schr, Scenedesmus quadricauda,
  Bringmann & KÜhn 1980a
 
Other information of water organisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
green algae (Scenedesmus quadricauda): 2.3 mg/l
protozoa (Entosiphon sulcatum): 45 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)

References
187Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1976. Vergleichende Befunde der Schadwirkung wassergefährdender Stoffe gegen Bakterien (Pseudomonas putida) und Blaualgen (Microcystis aeruginosa). Gwf-Wasser-Abwasser 117(9).
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.
3104Sangster, J. 1989. Octanol-water partition coefficients of simple organic compounds. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol 18, No. 3: 1111 - 1229.
1743Schafer , E.W.Jr., Bowles, W.A.Jr., Hurlbut, J. 1983. The acute oral toxicity, repellency and hazard potential of 993 chemicals to one or more species of wild and domestic birds. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12: 355 - 382.

 
 
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