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Hydrolysis

The Hydrolysis rate constant of picramic acid is estimated to be 0.0000000000007058 cm3/molecule-sec at half-life of 181.86hrs. The estimated half-life of the substance indicates that the substance picramic acid is negligible hydrolysable.

 

Biodegradation in water: screening tests

The screening test inherent to the biodegradability of the substance was calculated using the software BIOWIN v4.10.

The results indicate that picramic acid is not expected to be readily biodegradable.

The half-life of the substance, picramic acid is predicted 37.5 days using the Level III Fugacity model. This indicates that the substance is expected to be non-persistent in water.

 

Biodegradation in water and sediment: simulation tests

Half life period of picramic acid in water is observed to be 37.5 days (900 hrs.) while in sediment it is 337.5 days (8100 hrs). Based on these half life values of picramic acid, it is concluded that the chemical is not persistent in water and persistent in sediment.

 

Biodegradation in soil

EPI Suite has estimated that picramic acid is expected to be found not predominantly in soil and its not persistence estimate is based on its transformation in this medium. Its half-life in soil, 75 days (1800 hrs), does exceeds the threshold of 120 days as per Annex XIII of REACH.

Therefore, picramic acid is estimated to be not persistent in the soil environment.

 

Bioaccumulation: aquatic / sediment

The estimated bioconcentration factor (BCF) for picramic acid is 3.162 L/kg, that does not exceed the bioconcentration threshold of 2000. Thus it is concluded that picramic acid is not expected to bioaccumulate in the food chain because it does not exceed the BCF criteria.

 

Adsorption / desorption

The soil adsorption coefficient (Koc) value of picramic acid is estimated to be 226.5 L/kg, indicating that it is has a high sorption to soil and sediment and therefore have moderately migration potential to groundwater