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Phototransformation in air

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Endpoint:
phototransformation in air
Type of information:
(Q)SAR
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
accepted calculation method
Justification for type of information:
QSAR prediction: migrated from IUCLID 5.6
Principles of method if other than guideline:
Calculated: AOPWIN (AOP(c)) Program, Version 1.91, Syracuse Research Corporation, Merrill Lane, Syracuse, New York, 13210, U.S.A.
GLP compliance:
no
Details on test conditions:
Sensitiser (for indirect photolysis): OH
Sensitiser concentration: 500000 molecule/cm³
DT50:
ca. 19 d
Test condition:
Rate constant : ca. 0.0000000000008296 cm³/(molecule*sec)
Reaction with:
OH radicals
Rate constant:
ca. 0 cm³ molecule-1 s-1

Description of key information

Potassium methanolate has a half-life of approx. 19 days via indirect photolysis.

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Half-life in air:
19 d

Additional information

No experimental studies are available investigating the phototransformation of potassium methanolate in air. This endpoint is no data requirement according to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.Nevertheless, the hydroxyl-radical mediated phototransformation in air was calculated for potassium methanolate using the AOPWIN program (version 1.91). The half-life calculated for indirect photolysis is approx. 19 days (Study director, 2005).