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19.4.2024

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Chemical
Disodium arsenate
CAS-number :
7778-43-0
 
Synonyms :
Arsenic acid (H3AsO4), disodium salt
Arsenic acid, disodium salt: disodium arsenic acid
disodium hydrogen orthoarsenate
disodiummonohydrogen arsenate
sodium acid arsenate.
sodium arsenate
sodiumhydrogen arsenate
 
Sumformula of the chemical :
AsH3O4.2Na
EINECS-number :
2319024
 
Molecular weight :
185.91
 
Other information of bioaccumulation :
Bioconcentration factor (algae):
10000, arsenate, blue-green algae, dry weight 
(Blanck et al. 1989).
 
LDLo values to mammals in non-oral exposure , mg/kg :
30  ipr-rat, Lewis & Sweet 1984
 
Effects on microorganisms :
Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
bacteria (Pseudomonas putida): 18 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)
 
EC50 values to algae, mg/l :
0.006  As, arsenate, periphyton, pht,
  southern Baltic sea
  Blanck et al. 1989
 
LOEC values to algae, mg/l :
  arsenate
0.0007  0.0007-0.008 mg As/l, phytoplankton
0.008  pht, oligotrophic lake
0.0002  0.0002- 0018 mg As/l, periphyton
0.0018  pht, oligotrophic lake
  Wängberg 1989
  --
0.023  As, periphyton, Skagerak, pht
  Blanck et al. 1989
 
LC50 values to crustaceans, mg/l :
0.005  0.005-0.008 mg As/l, arsenate,
0.008  Fucus vesiculosus, Notini et al. 1987
 
LC50 values to fishes, mg/l :
49  96hr, Gambusia affinis
  Jurewicz & Buikema 1980
  --
100  As, arsenate, 48hr, Lepomis
  Sorensen 1976
 
Other information of water organisms :
LOEC, 0.02 mg As/l, rpd, Pontoporeia, Baltic Sea; LOEC, 0.023 -
0.075 mg As/l, Capitella, egg production, Skagerak (Blanck et
al. 1989).

Toxicity threshold (cell multiplication inhibition test):
green algae (Scenedesmus quadricauda): 8.7 mg/l
protozoa (Entosiphon sulcatum): 8.9 mg/l
(Bringmann & Kühn 1980a)

References
2285Anon. 1989. Miljöfarliga ämnen - exempellista och vetenskaplig dokumentation. 303 p. Stockholm. Rapport från kemikalieinspektionen (KEMI) 10.
2496Blanck, H., Holmgren, K., Landner, L., Norin, H., Notini, M., Rosemarin, A. & Sundelin, B. 1989. Advanced hazard assessment of arsenic in the swedish environment. In: Landner, L. (Ed.) Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Advanzed Hazard Assessment. Chapter 11, Springer Series on Environmental Management, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, pp. 256 - 328.
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.
686Jurewicz, S. & Buikema, A.L., Jr. 1980. Effects of arsenate on albae, Daphnia and mosquito Fish. Va. J. Sci. 31: 124.
1589Lewis, R.J. & Sweet, D.V. 1984. Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. No. 83-107-4.
2501Notini, M., Holmgren, K. & Rosemarin, A. 1987. Long-term fate and effects of low levels of arsenate on the Baltic sea Fucus vesiculosus ecosystem. Proc. 21st Eur. Mar. Biol. Symp., Gdansk 1986.
2505Sorensen, E.M.B. 1976. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 15: 756 - 761.
2500Wängberg, S.-Å. 1989. Arsenate tolerance in periphyton and phytoplankton. Ph. D. Thesis, Dept. of Plant Physiology, Univ. Göteborg.

 
 
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