Chemical |
Aluminium |
CAS-number : |
7429-90-5 |
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Synonyms : |
Alumiini |
Aluminum |
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Sumformula of the chemical : |
Al |
EINECS-number : |
2310723 |
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Molecular weight : |
26.98 |
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LD50 values to birds in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
111 |
>111, orl-Agelaius phoeniceus |
250 |
>250, orl-Passer domesticus |
|
Schafer et al. 1983 |
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Effects on plants : |
> 0.5 ppm (0.01 meq/100 g) Al in the soil injure cotton and
alfalfa (Foy 1974).
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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 |
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Biesinger & Christensen 1972 |
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EC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l : |
0.68 |
21d, rpd, Daphnia magna |
|
Biesinger & Christensen 1972 |
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LOEC values to crustaceans, mg/l : |
0.32 |
21d, rpd, Daphnia magna |
|
Biesinger & Christensen 1972 |
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LC50 values to fishes, mg/l : |
0.56 |
28d, Salmo gairdneri, Birge et al.1980 |
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LOEC values to fishes, mg/l : |
0.1 |
srv, act, Catostomus commersoni |
0.2 |
srv, act, Salvelinus fontinalis |
0.1 |
Stizostedium vitreum |
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pH 4.2 - 5.6, Baker & Schofield 1982 |
References |
103 | Baker, J.P. & Schofield, C.L. 1982.
Aluminium toxicity to fish
in acidic waters.
Water Air Soil Pollut. 18: 289 - 309. |
139 | Biesinger, K.E. & Christensen, G.M. 1972.
Effects of
various metals on survival, growth, reproduction, and
metabolism of Daphnia magna.
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Fish.
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Board Can. 29:
1691 - 1700. |
149 | Birge, 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. |
148 | Birge, 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. |
146 | Birge, 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. |
147 | Birge, 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. |
1782 | Foy, 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. |
1763 | Martin, 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. |
1743 | Schafer , 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. |