| Chemical |
Cyanogenchloride |
| CAS-number : |
506-77-4 |
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| Synonyms : |
| Cyanogen chloride ((CN)Cl) |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| CClN |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2080528 |
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| State and appearance : |
Colorless liquid or gas.
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| Odor : |
Chracteristic: quality: bitter almonds
hedonic tone: pungent
Threshold Odour Concentration: 2.5 mg/m3 = 1 ppm
(Leonardos et al. 1969)
In water: reduction of amenities: faint odour: 0.0025 mg/l
(Verschueren 1983)
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| Molecular weight : |
61.48 |
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| Spesicif gravity (water=1) : |
| 1.218 |
at 4/4 °C, Verschueren 1983 |
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| Conversion factor, 1 ppm in air=_mg/m3 : |
| 2.51 |
mg/m3, Leonardos et al. 1969 |
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| Conversion factor, 1 mg/m3 in air=_ppm : |
| 0.398 |
ppm, Verschueren 1983 |
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| Vapor pressure, mmHg : |
| 1000 |
at 20 °C, Verschueren 1983 |
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| Water solubility, mg/l : |
| 30000 |
Verschueren 1983 |
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| Melting point, °C : |
| -6.5 |
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 12.5 |
12.5/13 °C, Verschueren 1983 |
| 13 |
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| Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow : |
| 0.64 |
calc, Verschueren 1983 |
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| Other information of mammals : |
Mouse: inhalation: some deaths: 120 ppm, 3 -5 min
rabbit: inhallation: fatal: 1200 ppm, 2 min
cat: inhalation: fatal: 120 ppm, 3 - 5 min
dog: inhalation: recovered: 20 ppm, 20 min
fatal: 48 ppm, 6 hr
severe injury: 120 ppm 8 min
goat: inhalation: fatal after 70 hr: 1000 ppm, 3 min
(Patty 1967)
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| Health effects : |
Man: fatal after 10 min: 159 ppm
30 min: 48 ppm
tolerable for 1 min: 20 ppm
10 min: 2 ppm
lowest irritant conc. for 10 min: 1 ppm
(Patty 1967)
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References |
| 1643 | Leonardos, G. et al. 1969.
Odour threshold determinations of 53
odourant chemicals.
JAPCA 19(2): 91 - 95. |
| 1644 | Patty, F.A. 1967.
Industrial hygiene and toxicology.
Vol 2.
Interscience Publishers. |
| 1468 | Verschueren, K. 1983.
Handbook of environmental data of
organic chemicals.
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Inc., New York.
1310 s. |
