| Chemical |
Ammonium sulfate |
| CAS-number : |
7783-20-2 |
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| Synonyms : |
| Ammoniumsulfaatti |
| diammonium sulfate |
| Sulfuric acid diammonium salt |
| sulfuric acid,diammonium salt. |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| H3N. 1/2H2O4S |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2319841 |
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| Uses : |
Fertilizers; fermentation; viscose rayon; tanning; food
additive.
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| State and appearance : |
Brownish-gray to white crystals.
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| Molecular weight : |
132.16 |
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| Spesicif gravity (water=1) : |
| 1.77 |
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| LD50 values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
| 3000 |
orl-rat, Sweet 1987 |
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| LD50 values to mammals in non-oral exposure , mg/kg : |
| 610 |
ipr-mus, Sweet 1987 |
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| LDLo values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
| 3500 |
orl-domestic animal, Sweet 1987 |
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| TDLo values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg : |
| 1500 |
orl-man, gastrointestinal changes |
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Sweet 1987 |
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| LC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l : |
| 292 |
srv, act, 100 hr, Daphnia magna, Freeman |
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1953 |
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| LC50 values to fishes, mg/l : |
| 310 |
srv, act, 96 hr, Alburnus alburnus, |
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Linden et al. 1979 |
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| 126 |
96hr, Poecilia reticulata |
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Chouhan & Pandey 1987 |
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| Effects on physiology of water organisms : |
Channa punctatus: 21 mg/l, 180 days; histological effect
(presence of physical damage to tissues) (Ram & Sathyanesan
1987).
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References |
| 2122 | Chouhan, M.S. & Pandey, A.K. 1987.
On the tolerance limits and
toxicity symptoms of guppy (Lebistes reticulatus) to
fertilizers: urea and ammonium sulphate.
Comp.
Physiol.
Ecol.
12:77. |
| 448 | Freeman, L. 1953.
A standardized method for determining
toxicity of pure compounds to fish.
Sewage and Industrial
Wastes 25(7): 845. |
| 831 | Linden, E., Bengtsson, B-E., Svanberg, O. & Sundström, G.
1979.
The acute toxicity of 78 chemicals and pesticide
formulations against two brackish water organisms, the
bleak (Alburnus alburnus) and the harpacticoid Nitocra
spinipes.
Chemosphere 11/12: 843 - 851. |
| 2102 | Pickering, Q., Carle, D.O., Pilli, A., Willingham, T. &
Lazorchak, J.M. 1989.
Effects of pollution on freshwater
organisms.
Journal WPCF 61 (6): 998 - 1042. |
| 1915 | Ram, R.N. & Sathyanesan, A.G. 1987.
Histopathological changes
in liver and thyroid of the teleost fish, Channa punctatus
(Bloch), in response to ammonium sulfate fertilixer treatment.
Ecotoxical.
Environ.
Saf. 13: 185. |
| 2101 | Sweet, D. 1987.
Registry of toxic effects of chemical
substances 1985 - 1986 edition.
U.S.
Department of health and
human services. |
| 1468 | Verschueren, K. 1983.
Handbook of environmental data of
organic chemicals.
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
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