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28.3.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Lead acetate
CAS-number :
301-04-2
 
Synonyms :
Acetic acid, lead(2+) salt
Lyijyasetaatti
sugar of lead.
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
Pb(C2H3O2)2 . 3H2O C2H4O2. 1/2Pb
EINECS-number :
2061044
 
Uses :
Dyeing of textiles, waterproofing, varnishes, lead driers,
chrome pigments, gold cyanidation process, insecticide,
antifouling paints, analytical reagent, hair dye.
 
State and appearance :
White crystals of flakes (commercial grades are frequently
brown or gray lumps).
 
Odor :
Sweetish taste.
 
Molecular weight :
325.29
 
Melting point, °C :
75  loses water
 
Boiling point, °C :
280  anhydrous
 
Degradation point, °C :
200 
 
Other physicochemical properties :
Absorbes carbon dioxide when exposed to air, becoming insoluble
in water. 
Soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol, freely
soluble in glycerol. 
Combustible (Sax & Lewis 1987).
 
LDLo values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg :
300  orl-dog, Lewis & Sweet 1984
 
Health effects :
Toxic by ingestion, inhalation, and skin absorption (Sax &
Lewis 1987).
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
bacteria (Pseudomonas putida): 1.8 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)
 
LOEC values to algae, mg/l :
0.45  rpd, schr, Microcystis aeruginosa
  Bringmann & Kühn 1976
 
LC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
1d, Daphnia magna
2.69  2d, Daphnia magna
  Khangarot et al. 1987
 
EC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
4.89  mbt, 1d, Daphnia magna
3.61  mbt, 2d, Daphnia magna
  Khangarot & Ray 1987
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
43.6  96 hr, Pimephales promelas, Curtis &
  Ward 1981
 
Effects on physiology of water organisms :
Delayed cytogenetic effect in recovery water, 1 d, 0.060 mg/l
(data recalculation to ion concentration) (Sharma et al. 1988). 
Barytelphusa guerini (data recalculation to ion concentration): 1
d, 0.300 mg/l, hematological effect;
1 - 30 d, 0.300 mg/l, physiological effect (Tulasi & Rao 1988a,
b).
 
Other information of water organisms :
LOEC 0.07 mg/l, rpd, schr, Uronema parduczi (Bringmann & Kühn
1980b).

Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
green algae (Scenedesmus quadricauda): 3.7 mg/l
protozoa (Entosiphon sulcatum): 0.02 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.
189Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1980b. Bestimmung der biologischen Schadwirkung wassergefahrdender Stoffe gegen Protozoen. II. Bakterienfressende Ciliaten, Z. Wasser/Abwasser Forsch. 1: 26 - 31.
299Curtis, M.W. & Ward, C.H. 1981. Aquatic toxicity of 40 industrial chemicals. Testing in support of hazardous substance spill prevention regulation. J. Hydrol. 51: 359.
1810Khangarot, B.S. & Ray, P.K. 1987a. Correlation between heavy metal acute toxicity values in Daphnia magna and fish. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 38: 722 - 726.
1949Khangarot, B.S. et al. 1987a. Daphnia magna as a model to assess heavy metal toxicity: comparative assessment with mouse system. Acta hydrochim. Hydrobiol. 15: 427.
1589Lewis, R.J. & Sweet, D.V. 1984. Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. No. 83-107-4.
1973Pilli.A., Carle, D.O., Kline. E., Pickering. Q. & Lazorchak. J. 1988. Effets of pollution on freshwater organisms. JWPCF 60(6): 994 - 1065.
2522Sax, N.I. & Lewis, R.J.Sr. 1987. Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. Eleventh edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company. New York. pp. 1288.
2566Sharma, G.P. et al. 1988. Genotoxicity of two heavy metal compound - lead acetate and mercuric chloride in the mosquito, Anopheles stephensi Liston (Culicidae: Diptera). Cytologia 53: 263.
2567Tulasi, S.J. & Rao, J.V.R. 1988a. Effects of lead on copper content of fresh water crab Barytelphusa guerini (H. Milne Edwards). Indian J. Exp. Biol. 26: 323.
2568Tulasi, S.J. & Rao, J.V.R. 1988b. Acid-base balance and blood gas changes in the freshwater field crab, Barytelphusa guerini, on exposure to organic and inorganic lead. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 40: 198.

 
 
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