| Chemical |
Chloroethane |
| CAS-number : |
75-00-3 |
| |
| Synonyms : |
| etyylikloridi |
| Kloorietaani |
| |
| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| C2H5Cl |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2008305 |
| |
| Uses : |
Solvent.
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| Water solubility, mg/l : |
| 4470 |
20 °C |
| 7400 |
MITI 1992 |
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| Melting point, °C : |
| -142.5 |
MITI 1992 |
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 12.3 |
|
| 12.5 |
MITI 1992 |
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| Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow : |
| 1.43 |
Sangster 1989 |
| 1.39 |
MITI 1992 |
| |
| Henry's law constant, Pa x m3/mol : |
| 701.1 |
calc. Yaws et al. 1991 |
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| Photochemical degradation in air : |
Photooxidation half-life in air:
6.67d - 66.8d,
based upon measured rate constants for reaction with hydroxyl
radical in air (Howard 1991).
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| Hydrolysis in water : |
First-order hydrolysis half-life:
912 hours (38 days) at 25°C,
based upon neutral hydrolysis rate constant which was
extrapolated from data at higher temperatures (Howard 1991).
|
| |
| Half-life in air, days : |
| 6.67 |
6.67d - 66.8d, |
| 66.8 |
based upon photooxidation half-life in air, |
| |
Howard 1991 |
| |
| Half-life in soil, days : |
| 7 |
7d - 4w, |
| 28 |
scientific judgement based upon estimated |
| |
unacclimated aerobic aqueous biodegradation |
| |
half-life, |
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Howard 1991 |
| |
| Half-life in water, days : |
| 7 |
7d - 4w, |
| 28 |
in surface water, scientific judgement based upon |
| |
estimated unacclimated aerobic aqueous |
| |
biodegradation half-life, |
| 14 |
14d - 8w, |
| 56 |
in ground water, scientific judgement based upon |
| |
estimated unacclimated aerobic aqueous |
| |
biodegradation half-life, |
| |
Howard 1991 |
| |
| Aerobic degradation in water : |
Aerobic half-life:
7d - 4w,
scientific judgement based upon aqueous aerobic screening test
data for 1-chloropropane and 1-chlorobutane (Howard 1991).
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| Anaerobic degradation in water : |
Anaerobic half-life:
28d - 16w,
scientific judgement based upon estimated unacclimated aerobic
aqueous biodegradation half-life (Howard 1991).
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| Total degradation in water : |
Biodegradation:
1% by BOD 1% by BOD
period: 28d period: 28d
substance: 1.84 mg/l substance: 4.19 mg/l
sludge 2 mg/l sludge: 2 mg/l
(MITI 1992)
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| LC50 values to fishes, mg/l : |
| 40 |
srv,act, 96 hr, Pimephales promelas, |
| |
Phipps & Holcombe 1985 |
| 19 |
srv,act, 96 hr, Carassius auratus, |
| |
Phipps & Holcombe 1985 |
| 36 |
srv,act, 96 hr, Salmo gairdneri, |
| |
Phipps & Holcombe 1985 |
References |
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Michalenko, E.M., Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates,
1991.
Lewis Publicers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan, U.S.A.,
pp. 725.
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| 3105 | MITI 1992.
Biodegradation and bioaccumulation data of existing
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Trade & Industry, Japan.
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| 3104 | Sangster, J. 1989.
Octanol-water partition coefficients of
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Phys.
Chem.
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Data, Vol 18, No.
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| 3030 | Yaws, C., Yang, H-C. & Pan, X. 1991.
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