| Chemical |
Azobenzene |
| CAS-number : |
103-33-3 |
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| Synonyms : |
| benzeneazobenzene. |
| Diphenyldiimide |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| C12H10N2 |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2031025 |
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| Uses : |
Manufacture of dyes and rubber accerlators; fumigant;
acaricide.
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| State and appearance : |
Yellow or orange crystals.
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| Molecular weight : |
182.23 |
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| Spesicif gravity (water=1) : |
| 1.09 |
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| Melting point, °C : |
| 68.3 |
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 293 |
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| Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow : |
| 3.82 |
Sangster 1989 |
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| Other information of degradation : |
Impact on biodegradation processes: at 100 mg/l no
inhibition of NH3 oxidation by Nitrosomonas sp.
(Hockenbury & Grady 1977).
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| Other information of mammals : |
In diet: dogs fed 63 days on diet containig 600 ppm,
suffered high mortality and liver damage (Martin 1968).
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| Mutagenicity : |
Mutagenicity in the Salmonella test: positive
1.4 revertant colonies/nmol
379 revertant colonies at 0.050 mg/plant
(McCann et al. 1975).
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| LD50 values to birds in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
| 98 |
>98.0, orl-Agelaius phoeniceus |
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Schafer et al. 1983 |
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Environ.
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