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25.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Cyclohexene
CAS-number :
110-83-8
 
Synonyms :
Syklohekseeni
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C6H10
EINECS-number :
2038078
 
Uses :
Solvent.
 
Odor :
Odour threshold: detection: 0.6 mg/m3, Verschueren 1983
 
Molecular weight :
82.14
 
Spesicif gravity (water=1) :
0.81  20/4 °C, Verschueren 1983
 
Conversion factor, 1 ppm in air=_mg/m3 :
3.41  mg/m3, Verschueren 1983
 
Conversion factor, 1 mg/m3 in air=_ppm :
0.29  ppm, Verschueren 1983
 
Vapor pressure, mmHg :
160  at 38 °C, Verschueren 1983
 
Water solubility, mg/l :
213  at 20 °C, Verschueren 1983
 
Melting point, °C :
-104 
 
Boiling point, °C :
83 
 
Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow :
2.86  Sangster 1989
 
Henry's law constant, Pa x m3/mol :
4569  calc. Yaws et al. 1991
 
Aerobic degradation in water :
Biodegradation: cyclohexene ---> cyclohexanone
(Ducan 1972)
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Pseudomonas putida: inhibition of cell multiplication starts at
17 mg/l (Bringmann & Kühn 1976)
 
Other information of water organisms :
Microcystis aeruginosa: inhibition of cell multiplication
starts at >160 mg/l (Bringmann & Kühn 1976)

Threshold concentration of cell multiplication inhibition of
the protozoa Uronema parduczi Chatton-Lwoff: >50 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980b)

Young Coho salmon: no significant mortalities up to 100 ppm
after 96 hr in artical sea water at 8 °C. 
(Verschueren 1983)

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).
189Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1980b. Bestimmung der biologischen Schadwirkung wassergefahrdender Stoffe gegen Protozoen. II. Bakterienfressende Ciliaten, Z. Wasser/Abwasser Forsch. 1: 26 - 31.
2716Dugan, P. R. 1972. Biochemical ecology of water pollution. Plenum Press, New York, London.
3104Sangster, J. 1989. Octanol-water partition coefficients of simple organic compounds. J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol 18, No. 3: 1111 - 1229.
1468Verschueren, K. 1983. Handbook of environmental data of organic chemicals. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Inc., New York. 1310 s.
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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