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16.4.2024

Data bank of environmental properties of chemicals


Chemical
2-Methylcyclohexanone
CAS-number :
583-60-8
 
Synonyms :
2-Metyylisykloheksanoni
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
C7H12O
EINECS-number :
2095136
 
Uses :
Solvent.
 
Boiling point, °C :
173 
 
LD50 values to mammals in oral exposure, mg/kg :
2140  orl-rat
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
bacteria (Pseudomonas putida): 60 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a).
 
LOEC values to algae, mg/l :
88  rpd, schr, Scenedesmus quadricauda
  Bringmann & Kühn 1980a
  --
26  rpd, schr, Microcystis aeruginosa
  Bringmann & Kühn 1976
 
Other information of water organisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
green algae (Scenedesmus quadricauda): 88 mg/l
protozoa (Entosiphon sulcatum): 160 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a).

References
187Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1976. Vergleichende Befunde der Schadwirkung wassergefährdender Stoffe gegen Bakterien (Pseudomonas putida) und Blaualgen (Microcystis aeruginosa). Gwf-Wasser-Abwasser 117(9).
188Bringmann, G. & Kühn, R. 1980a. Comparison of the toxicity thresholds of water pollutants to bacteria, algae and protozoa in the cell multiplication inhibition test. Water Res. 14: 231 - 241.

 
 
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