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EC number: 200-262-8 | CAS number: 56-23-5
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- Endpoint:
- other distribution data
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Onlay secondary spurce available
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Organic chemicals in the environment. Fate of volatile and semivolatile organic chemicals in soil: Abiotic versus biotic losses
- Author:
- Anderson TA, Beauchamp JJ, & Walton BT
- Year:
- 1 991
- Bibliographic source:
- J Environ Qual 20:420-4
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Environmental Health Criteria 208 CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
- Author:
- de Fouw J
- Year:
- 1 999
- Bibliographic source:
- ISBN 92 4 157208 6, ISSN 0250-863X, self-published WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, 199p http://www.inchem.org/documents/ehc/ehc/ehc208.htm
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Environmental Hazard Assessment: Carbon Tetrachloride: Toxic Substances Division
- Author:
- Willis B, Rea JD, Crookes MJ, Howe PD, Dobson SD
- Year:
- 1 994
- Bibliographic source:
- ISBN - 0 85125 622 8 - Directorate for Air, Climate and Toxic Substances, Department of the Environment TSD/21, 57p
Materials and methods
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- The loss of carbon tetrachloride from two different soil types was determined. CTC was applied to the soil (in a mixture with 14 other compounds) at a concentration of 100 mg/kg (dry weight) and the soil was incubated in the dark at 20 °C for 7 days.
- Type of study:
- volatility
- Media:
- soil - air
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Carbon tetrachloride
- EC Number:
- 200-262-8
- EC Name:
- Carbon tetrachloride
- Cas Number:
- 56-23-5
- Molecular formula:
- CCl4
- IUPAC Name:
- tetrachloromethane
Constituent 1
Results and discussion
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- CTC is volatilized from soils with a DT 50 of about 5 days.
- Executive summary:
Anderson et al (1991) studied the loss of CTC from two different oil types, a silt loam 1.49% organic carbon) and a sandy loam (0.66% organic carbon). CTC was applied to the soil (in a mixture with 14 other compounds) at a concentration of 100 mg/kg (dry weight) and the soil was incubated in the dark at 20 °C for 7 days. The half-life for disappearance of CTC in both sterile and non-sterile systems was around 5 days, indicating that volatilization was the likely removal process.
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