6,15-dihydroanthrazine-5,9,14,18-tetrone

Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour

Administrative data

Endpoint:

additional information on environmental fate and behaviour

Remarks:

Dispersion stability in simulated environmental media

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Study period:

2020

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

guideline study

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2020

Report date:

2020

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

other: OECD 318

GLP compliance:

yes (incl. QA statement)

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

6,15-dihydroanthrazine-5,9,14,18-tetrone

EC Number:

201-375-5

EC Name:

6,15-dihydroanthrazine-5,9,14,18-tetrone

Cas Number:

81-77-6

Molecular formula:

C28H14N2O4

IUPAC Name:

6,15-dihydroanthrazine-5,9,14,18-tetrone

Test material form:

solid: nanoform, no surface treatment

Details on test material:

Mass-specific surface area (BET): 36.4 m2/g
Name of test substance: Pigment Blue 60

Results and discussion

Any other information on results incl. tables

At any of the time points mentioned in the TG-318, the influence of Ca and pH is critical. Regardless of pH, the pigment is categorized at the 24h-sampling time as “unstable” in 10 mM Ca, representing high water hardness. The same “instable” categorization can be applied for any media at pH 4. After 6h at pH 7 and higher and 0 Ca, the samples showed high dispersion stability. After 24 hours the stability for these samples became intermediate. For all others conditions the stability was low. In general, two effects can be observed. A pH-dependent effect with low stability at low pH values and high stability at higher pH values and a Ca-dependent effects showing lower stability at higher Ca levels.

Table 1: Full results of the dispersion stability in the presence of NOM

	Ca(NO3)2	Stability after 6h	Standard deviation	Stability after 15h	Standard deviation	Stability after 24h	Standard deviation
	[mM]	[%]	[%]	[%]	[%]	[%]	[%]
pH 4	0	6.7	0.6	4	0.3	3.3	0.2
pH 4	1	6	0.7	5	0.5	4	0.4
pH 4	10	6.1	0.4	3.8	0.5	3.3	0.6
.
pH 7	0	94.4	1	90.6	1	87.1	1.1
pH 7	1	10.2	1	6	0.9	5	0.8
pH 7	10	5.3	0.9	3.7	0.5	3.4	0.5
.
pH 9	0	93.4	1.8	87.4	2.7	83.4	3.4
pH 9	1	9.5	0.2	6.7	0.6	5.8	0.5
pH 9	10	6.5	0.6	5.6	0.5	5.2	0.5

 

Cross-check the apparent stability by a fractionating method that physically separates particles from dissolved matter, and centrifugation results

To rationalize the observed dispersion stability, we finally checked the particle size distribution directly in the environmental medium (exact same sample preparation as for the UV/VIS measurements). We applied the NanoDefine method of Analytical Ultracentrifugation (SOP AUC-RI). The centrifugation parameters are given in the methods section. The observed size distributions confirm the low agglomeration at 1 mM Ca, pH7, with NOM. If the particles would have been significantly dissolved, no size distribution would be observable at all by this method, which relies on the detection of the movement of particles during centrifugal separation. Additionally, the centrifugation methods include a determination of the remaining absorption after centrifugation, fully consistent with the conventional determination of the dissolved fraction after centrifugation as recommended by the TG-318. The remaining absorption was measured at c.a 0.02. This is a fraction of 2% of the initial absorption, but actually is close to the LOD of the built-in UV/Vis detector. Considering the LOD, between 0% and 2% of the sample may have been dissolved. All evidence combined, the results after centrifugation confirm that at least 98% of the observed dispersion stability has to be attributed to the particles, not to dissolution.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Executive summary:

Elevated apparent dispersion stability may originate from dissolution. The dissolution in environmental media has not yet been assessed, but the particle size distribution was measured in all media. The remaining absorption after centrifugal separation of particles was determined to be not more than 2% of the total signal. Thus, dissolution is not the main cause of the observed stability. Taken together, the dispersion stability of Pigment Blue 60 depends especially on water hardness and pH. Only in soft water with 0 mM Ca at pH 7 or 9 the dispersion stability is high, at all other conditions the stability is low.