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EC number: 201-983-0 | CAS number: 90-30-2
- 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
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Biodegradation in soil
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in soil, other
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Acceptable, well documented publication which meets basic scientific principles.
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Degradation of 14C-labelled PAN in soil and sediment after an incubation time of 11 days.
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Test type:
- laboratory
- Radiolabelling:
- yes
- Oxygen conditions:
- aerobic
- Soil classification:
- not specified
- Soil no.:
- #1
- Soil type:
- other: temperate soil
- % Org. C:
- 2.3
- pH:
- 7
- Soil no.:
- #2
- Soil type:
- other: soil suspension
- Details on soil characteristics:
- SOIL COLLECTION AND STORAGE
- Soil preparation: 2 mm sieved; air dried
PROPERTIES OF THE SOILS (in addition to defined fields)
- Moisture: 75% field capacity (soil no. 1)
- composition: both soils were tested unsupplemented and plus 500 µg nutrient broth/g soil - Soil No.:
- #1
- Duration:
- 11 d
- Soil No.:
- #2
- Duration:
- 11 d
- Soil No.:
- #1
- Initial conc.:
- 1.54 other: ug (40 nCi)/g soil
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Soil No.:
- #2
- Initial conc.:
- 0.77 other: ug (20 nCi)/mL
- Based on:
- other: suspension of test material
- Parameter followed for biodegradation estimation:
- radiochem. meas.
- Soil No.:
- #1
- Temp.:
- 26°C
- Soil No.:
- #2
- Temp.:
- 26°C
- Details on experimental conditions:
- EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
- Soil condition: air dried
- Soil (g/replicate): 25 and 100
- No. of replication treatments: not specified
- Test apparatus (Type/material/volume): 250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks
- Details of traps for CO2 and organic volatile, if any: 0.1 N KOH was used as the CO2-trapping solution in the side arm.
- Identity and concentration of co-solvent: methanol
Test material application
- Volume of test solution used/treatment: 125 mL inorganic salts solution (pH 7.2, shaken for 1h at 26 °C and 150 rpm and settle)
- Is the co-solvent evaporated: yes
Experimental conditions
- Incubation: at 26 °C, shaken with 150 rpm
- Continuous darkness: Yes
SAMPLING DETAILS
- Sampling intervals: 2, 5, 8 and 11 days - Soil No.:
- #1
- % Degr.:
- 17
- Parameter:
- radiochem. meas.
- Remarks:
- (unsupplemented soil)
- Sampling time:
- 11 d
- Soil No.:
- #2
- % Degr.:
- 35
- Parameter:
- radiochem. meas.
- Remarks:
- (unsupplemented)
- Sampling time:
- 11 d
- Soil No.:
- #1
- % Degr.:
- 12.5
- Parameter:
- radiochem. meas.
- Remarks:
- (+ nutrient broth)
- Sampling time:
- 11 d
- Soil No.:
- #2
- % Degr.:
- 22
- Parameter:
- radiochem. meas.
- Remarks:
- (plus nutrient broth)
- Sampling time:
- 11 d
- Transformation products:
- not specified
- Evaporation of parent compound:
- not specified
- Volatile metabolites:
- not specified
- Residues:
- not specified
- Conclusions:
- The data indicate that PNA is degraded and mineralized by terrestrial microorganisms. The extent and rate of microbial attack is dependent on the amount of organic amtter present.
Reference
Addition of nutrient broth resulted in a lower CO2 -production. From carbon-supplemented soil 3.5% and 12.5% of the initial radioactivity were evolved as 14CO2 after 2 and 11 days, respectively. Similar results were obtained with unsupplemented soil suspensions. After 2 days only 6% of radioactivity was recovered as 14CO2 while 22% was recovered as 14CO2 after 11 days from the nutrient broth-supplemented soil suspension.
Less than 2% of the 14C was released as 14CO2 in autoclavated soil and soil suspension indicating that degradation of 14C-PNA was attributed to the action of microorganisms in the respective ecosystems investigated.
The greater disappearance of 14C-PNA in unsupplemented soils and soil suspensions is explained due to higher adsorption of PAN to soil or suspended soil particles.
Description of key information
PNA is considered to be degraded and mineralized in the terrestrial environment.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Additional information
One study investigating the biodegradation of the substance in soil is available. In this study, the degradation of 14C-labelled N-phenyl-1-naphtylamine was investigated for 11 days at 26°C in the dark under aerobic conditions (Rosenberg 1983). Initial concentration of the test substance was 1.54 µg/g soil. In order to enhance 14C-N-phenyl-1-naphtylamine degradation, one set of flasks was amended with 500 µg of nutrient broth/g of soil. Possible non-biological transformation of 14C-N-phenyl-1-naphtylamine was assessed using soil previously sterilized for three successive days for 1h at 121°C.
In order to facilitate the demonstration of microbial transformation of 14C-N-phenyl-1-naphtylamine, soils suspensions were prepared in an additional experiment. One set of flasks was supplemented while another set of flasks received 500 µg of nutrient broth/mL of soil suspension. The suspensions were amended to a final concentration of 0.77 µg (20 nCi) of 14C-N-phenyl-1-naphtylamine/mL.
Addition of nutrient broth resulted in a lower CO2 evolution. From carbon-supplemented soil 3.5% and 12.5% of the initial radioactivity were evolved as 14CO2 after 2 and 11 days, respectively. Similar results were obtained with supplemented soil suspensions. After 2 days only 6% of radioactivity was recovered as 14CO2 while 22% was recovered as 14CO2 after 11 days from the nutrient broth-supplemented soil suspension. Less than 2% of the 14C was released as 14CO2 in autoclaved soil and soil suspension indicating that degradation of 14C-N-phenyl-1-naphtylamine was attributed to the action of microorganisms in the respective ecosystems investigated.
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