| Chemical |
n-Decane |
| CAS-number : |
124-18-5 |
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| Synonyms : |
| Decane |
| n-dekaani |
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| Sumformula of the chemical : |
| C10H22 |
| EINECS-number : |
| 2046864 |
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| Uses : |
Organic synthesis; solvent; standardized hydrocarbon; jet fuel
reseach; mfg. paraffin product; rubber industry; paper
prosessing industry; constituent in polyolefin manufacturing
wastes.
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| Odor : |
Threshold odour concentration : 10 mg/l (Zoeteman et al. 1971) |
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| Molecular weight : |
142.28 |
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| Spesicif gravity (water=1) : |
| 0.73 |
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| Vapor pressure, mmHg : |
| 2.7 |
at 20 °C, Verschueren 1983 |
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| Water solubility, mg/l : |
| 0.009 |
20 °C, in distilled water |
| 0.087 |
20 °C, in salt water, Verschueren 1983 |
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| Melting point, °C : |
| -32 |
-32/-30 °C, Verschueren 1983 |
| -30 |
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| Boiling point, °C : |
| 173 |
173/174 °C, Verschueren 1983 |
| 174 |
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| Log octanol/water coefficient, log Pow : |
| 6.25 |
Sangster 1989 |
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| Other information of degradation : |
Degradation in seawater by oil-oxidizing micro-organisms: 100 %
breakdown after 21 days at 22 °C in stoppered bottles containg a
1000 ppm mixture of alkanes, cyclo-alkanes and aromatics.
(McKenzie & Hughes 1976)
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| LC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l : |
| 18 |
48hr,Daphnia magna, LeBlanc 1980 |
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| Effects on physiology of water organisms : |
Mussel larvae (Mytilus edulis):
no significant alteration of growth rate at 10 ppm
+/- 80 % increase of growth rate at 50 to 100 ppm
(Verschueren 1983)
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| Other information : |
Manufacturing source: petroleum refining.
Natural sources (water and air): constituent in paraffin
fraction of petroleum.
(EPA 1975)
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References |
| 415 | EPA. 1975.
Identification of organic compounds in
effluents from industrial sources, EPA-560/3-75-002. |
| 798 | LeBlanc, G.A. 1980.
Acute toxicity of priority pollutants
to water flea (Daphnia magna).
Bull.
Environm.
Contam.
Toxicol. 24: 684 - 691. |
| 1866 | McKenzie, P. & Hughes, D.E. 1976.
Microbial degradation of oil
and petrochemicals in the sea.
In: Microbiology in agriculture,
fisheries and food.
Edited by Skinner, F.A. & Carr, J.G.,
Academic Press. |
| 3104 | Sangster, J. 1989.
Octanol-water partition coefficients of
simple organic compounds.
J.
Phys.
Chem.
Ref.
Data, Vol 18, No.
3: 1111 - 1229. |
| 1468 | Verschueren, K. 1983.
Handbook of environmental data of
organic chemicals.
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Inc., New York.
1310 s. |
| 1878 | Zoeteman, B.C.J., Kraayeveld, A.J.A. & Piet, G.J. 1971.
Oil
Pollution and drinking water odour.
H2O 4(16): 367 - 371. |
