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EC number: 203-005-8 | CAS number: 102-09-0
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
Phototransformation in air
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- 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
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Calculated with AOP Program v1.92 of EPI-Suite software
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Estimation method (if used):
- Sensitiser (for indirect photolysis): OH radicals
Sensitiser concentration: 500,000 molecules/cm³; 24 h/d - Light source:
- sunlight
- % Degr.:
- 50
- Sampling time:
- 4 d
- Executive summary:
The calculated half-life of diphenyl carbonate in air due to indirect photodegradation is t1/2 = 4.0 days, considering an OH-concentration of 500,000 radicals/cm³ as a 24-h average.
- Endpoint:
- phototransformation in air
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- study well documented, meets generally accepted scientific principles, acceptable for assessment
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- UV- and fluorescence emission spectra
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Light source:
- sunlight
- Conclusions:
- Due to the low absorption in the UV-B range, no direct photodegradation of diphenyl carbonate is expected.
- Executive summary:
Due to the low absorption in the UV-B range, no direct photodegradation of diphenyl carbonate is expected.
Referenceopen allclose all
Rate constant (for indirect photolysis): 0.0000000000040219 cm³/(molecule*sec)
Degradation in % (for indirect photolysis): 50 after 4 days
Low absorption properties in the UV-B range were observed.
Description of key information
The calculated half-life of diphenyl carbonate in air due to indirect photodegradation is 4 days, considering an OH-concentration of 500 000 radicals/cm³ as a 24 h average, EPI-Suite (Currenta, 2008a).
No direct photodegradation of diphenyl carbonate is expected as absorption in the UV-B range is low (Hoyle, 1995).
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Half-life in air:
- 4 d
Additional information
This endpoint has been addressed with two key studies. Both studies were awarded a reliability score of 2 in accordance with the criteria for assessing data quality as set forth by Klimisch et al. (1997).
The first study is a QSAR Estimation for the phototransformation of Diphenyl carbonate in air, calculated with AOP Program v1.92 of EPI-Suite software (Currenta, 2008). The Atmospheric Oxidation Program (AOPWIN) estimates the rate constant for the atmospheric, gas-phase reaction between photochemically produced hydroxyl radicals and organic chemicals. The rate constants are then used to calculate atmospheric half-lives for organic compounds based upon average atmospheric concentrations of hydroxyl radicals and ozone.
The calculated half-life of diphenyl carbonate in air due to indirect photodegradation is t1/2 = 4.0 days, considering an OH-concentration of 500 000 radicals/cm³ as a 24 h average. The rate constant for indirect photolysis was 0.0000000000040219 cm³/(molecule*sec).
The second value is taken from a study which investigated UV- and fluorescence emission spectra of the substance (Hoyle et al., 1995). UV-visible adsorption spectra were obtained using a spectrometer and fluorescence spectral measurements.
Low absorption properties in the UV-B range were observed. Therefore no direct photodegradation of diphenyl carbonate is expected.
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