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28.3.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
Nitroglycerine
CAS-number :
55-63-0
 
Synonyms :
glyseryylinitraatti
Nitroglyseriini
trinitroglycerine
trinitroglyseriini
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C3H5N3O9
EINECS-number :
2002408
 
Photochemical degradation in air :
Atmospheric photolysis half-life: 
38.7d - 116d, 
scientific judgement based upon measured photolysis rate in 
distilled water under winter sunlight (high t1/2) and adjusted 
for approximate summer sunlight intensity (low t1/2)
(Howard 1991).

Photooxidation half-life in air: 
1.76hr - 17.6 hr, 
scientific judgement based upon estimated rate constant for 
reaction with hydroxyl radicals in air (Howard 1991).
 
Photochemical degradation in water :
Aquatic photolysis half-life: 
38.7d - 116d, 
scientific judgement based upon measured photolysis rate in 
distilled water under winter sunlight directly (high t1/2) and 
adjusted for approximate summer sunlight intensity (low t1/2)
(Howard 1991).

Photooxidation half-life in water: 
113d - 196d, 
scientific judgement based upon measured sunlight 
photooxidation rates in naturally
eutrophic pond water uncontaminated by munitions
chemicals (high t1/2) and in river water contaminated by
munitions chemicals (low t1/2); the rates are corrected for
direct sunlight photolysis rate in distilled water and for the
rate of an unidentified degradation process which occurred in
the dark (Howard 1991).
 
Hydrolysis in water :
First-order hydrolysis half-life: 
9.3yr at pH 7,
scientific judgement based upon base catalyzed hydrolysis rate
constant (Howard 1991).
 
Hydrolysis in base :
Base rate constant: 2.36 x 10-2 M-1 s-1,
scientific judgement based upon base catalyzed hydrolysis rate
constant (Howard 1991).
 
Half-life in air, days :
0.07  1.76hr - 17.6hr,
0.73  scientific judgement based upon estimated
  photooxidation half-life in air,
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in soil, days :
2d - 7d,
scientific judgement based upon estimated
  unacclimated aerobic aqueous biodegradation
  half-life,
  Howard 1991
 
Half-life in water, days :
2d - 7d,
in surface water, scientific judgement based upon
  estimated unacclimated aerobic aqueous
  biodegradation half-life,
4d - 14d,
14  in ground water, scientific judgement based upon
  estimated unacclimated aerobic aqueous
  biodegradation half-life,
  Howard 1991
 
Aerobic degradation in water :
Aerobic half-life: 
2d - 7d, 
scientific judgement based upon
munitions chemical-contaminated river die-away test data and
activated sludge screening test data (Howard 1991).
 
Anaerobic degradation in water :
Anaerobic half-life: 
8d - 28d, 
scientific judgement based upon
estimated unacclimated aerobic aqueous biodegradation
half-life (Howard 1991).
 
Effects on wastewater treatment :
Removal/secondary treatment: 100%, removal persentage based
upon continuous activated sludge treatment simulator data
(Howard 1991).

References
3120Howard, P.H., Boethling, R.S., Jarvis, W.F., Meylan, W.M. & Michalenko, E.M., Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates, 1991. Lewis Publicers, Inc., Chelsea, Michigan, U.S.A., pp. 725.

 
 
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