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19.4.2024

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Chemical
Sodium arsenate
CAS-number :
7631-89-2
 
Synonyms :
Arsenic acid (H3AsO4), sodium salt
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
AsH3O4.xNa
EINECS-number :
2315475
 
Molecular weight :
302.88
 
Other information of bioaccumulation :
Bioconcentration factor (algae):
10000, arsenate, blue-green algae, dry weight 
Baltic sea (Blanck et al. 1989).
 
Effects on plants :
Uptake of arsenate in plants is dependent on phosphate
concentration (Blanck et al. 1989).
 
LC50 values to algae, mg/l :
  Arsenate
0.005  0.005-0.008 mg As/l, Fucus vesiculosus
  southern Baltic sea, Notini et al. 1987
 
EC50 values to algae, mg/l :
  Arsenate:
0.006  As, periphyton, southern Baltic sea, pht
  Blanck et al. 1989
 
LOEC values to algae, mg/l :
  Arsenate
0.0007  0.0007 - 0.008 mg As/l, phytoplankton,
0.008  oligotrophic lake, pht
0.0002  0.0002 - 0.0018 mg As/l, periphyton,
0.0018  oligotrophic lake, pht
  Wängberg 1989
  --
0.023  as As, arsenate, periphyton, Skagerak,
  pht, Blanck et al. 1989
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
100  as As, arsenate, 48hr, Lepomis
  Sorensen 1976
 
Other information of water organisms :
LOEC, 0.02 mg As/l, arsenate, Pontoporeia, reproduction, Baltic
sea; LOEC, 0.023 - 0.075 mg As/l, Capitella, egg production,
Skagerak (Blanck et al. 1989).

References
2285Anon. 1989. Miljöfarliga ämnen - exempellista och vetenskaplig dokumentation. 303 p. Stockholm. Rapport från kemikalieinspektionen (KEMI) 10.
2496Blanck, H., Holmgren, K., Landner, L., Norin, H., Notini, M., Rosemarin, A. & Sundelin, B. 1989. Advanced hazard assessment of arsenic in the swedish environment. In: Landner, L. (Ed.) Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Advanzed Hazard Assessment. Chapter 11, Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, pp. 256 - 328.
2501Notini, M., Holmgren, K. & Rosemarin, A. 1987. Long-term fate and effects of low levels of arsenate on the Baltic sea Fucus vesiculosus ecosystem. Proc. 21st Eur. Mar. Biol. Symp., Gdansk 1986.
1973Pilli.A., Carle, D.O., Kline. E., Pickering. Q. & Lazorchak. J. 1988. Effets of pollution on freshwater organisms. JWPCF 60(6): 994 - 1065.
2505Sorensen, E.M.B. 1976. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 15: 756 - 761.
2500Wängberg, S.-Å. 1989. Arsenate tolerance in periphyton and phytoplankton. Ph. D. Thesis, Dept. of Plant Physiology, Univ. Göteborg.

 
 
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