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29.3.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Aluminium
CAS-number :
7429-90-5
 
Synonyms :
Alumiini
Aluminum
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
Al
EINECS-number :
2310723
 
Molecular weight :
26.98
 
LD50 values to birds in oral exposure, mg/kg :
111  >111, orl-Agelaius phoeniceus
250  >250, orl-Passer domesticus
  Schafer et al. 1983
 
Effects on plants :
> 0.5 ppm (0.01 meq/100 g) Al in the soil injure cotton and
alfalfa (Foy 1974).
 
LC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
6.57  48hr, mbt, Asellus aquaticus, Al(III)
4.37  96hr, mbt, Asellus aquaticus, Al(III)
  Martin & Holdich 1986
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1.4  21d, Daphnia magna
3.9  48hr, without food, Daphnia magna
  Biesinger & Christensen 1972
 
EC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
0.68  21d, rpd, Daphnia magna
  Biesinger & Christensen 1972
 
LOEC values to crustaceans, mg/l :
0.32  21d, rpd, Daphnia magna
  Biesinger & Christensen 1972
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
0.56  28d, Salmo gairdneri, Birge et al.1980
 
LOEC values to fishes, mg/l :
0.1  srv, act, Catostomus commersoni
0.2  srv, act, Salvelinus fontinalis
0.1  Stizostedium vitreum
  pH 4.2 - 5.6, Baker & Schofield 1982

References
103Baker, J.P. & Schofield, C.L. 1982. Aluminium toxicity to fish in acidic waters. Water Air Soil Pollut. 18: 289 - 309.
139Biesinger, K.E. & Christensen, G.M. 1972. Effects of various metals on survival, growth, reproduction, and metabolism of Daphnia magna. J. Fish. Res. Board Can. 29: 1691 - 1700.
149Birge, W.J. et al. 1980. Aquatic toxicity tests on inorganic elements occuring in oil shale. EPA 600/9-80-022. NTIS, Dep. of Commerce, Springfield, Va.
148Birge, W.J. et al. 1979b. Toxicity of organic chemicals to embryo-larval stages of fish. EPA-560/11-79-007, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
146Birge, W.J. et al. 1978. Effects of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds and proposed PCB-replacement products on embryo-larval stages of fish and amphibians. Research Rept. No 118, Kentucky Water Resources Res. Inst., Lexington, Ky.
147Birge, W.J., Black, J.A. Hudson, J.E. & Bruser, D.M. 1979a. Embryo-larval toxicity tests with organic compounds. In: Aquatic toxicology. ASTM STP 667. Marking, L.L. and Kimerle,R.A. (eds.) American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, pp. 131 - 147.
1782Foy, C.D. 1974. Effects of aluminium on plant growth. In Carson, E.W. (ed.). The plant root and its environment. Univ. Virginia Press, Charlotteville, pp. 601 - 642. From: Bartuska, A.M. & Ungae, I.A. 1980. Elemental concentrations in plant tissues as influenced by low pH soils. Plant and Soil 55: 157 - 161.
1763Martin, T.R. & Holdich, D.M. 1986. The acute lethal toxicity of heavy metals to peracarid crustaceans (with particular reference to fresh-water asellids and gammarids). Water Res. 20(9): 1137 - 1147.
1743Schafer , E.W.Jr., Bowles, W.A.Jr., Hurlbut, J. 1983. The acute oral toxicity, repellency and hazard potential of 993 chemicals to one or more species of wild and domestic birds. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12: 355 - 382.

 
 
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