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fluoranthene

CAS Number: 206-44-0

Basic Information

The chemical structure of fluoranthene Synonym(s): 1,2-(1,8-naphthalenediyl)benzene; 1,2-Benzacenaphthene; BENZO(J,K)FLUORANTHENE; benzo[j,k]fluorene; FA; Fluoranthene; Fluoranthene ; Idryl
Formula: C16H10
 Molecular Weight: 202.255
 Boiling Point (°C): 375
 Melting Point (°C): 111
 Contaminant Type: fluoranthene is a polyclyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
Notes: COLORED NEEDLES; PALE YELLOW NEEDLES OR PLATES FROM ALCOHOL

Solubility (in water)

  • Solubility: 2.06E-01 mg/kg ao
    Temperature (°C): 25
  • Solubility: 2.40E-01 mg/kg ao
    Temperature (°C): 29
  • Solubility: 2.65E-05 g/100ml d
  • Solubility: 1.20E-01 mg/l ak
    Temperature (°C): 24
     Formulation: 99% purity
  • Solubility: 2.65E-01 ppm ak
    Temperature (°C): 25
  • Solubility: 0.1 +/- 0.06 ppm ak
    Temperature (°C): 22
     Formulation: in seawater
  • Solubility: 2.60E-01 mg/l an
    Temperature (°C): 25

Half-Life (in soil unless otherwise noted)

  • t1/2: 140-440 days f
    Temperature (°C): 10-30
     Environment: Based upon aerobic soil die-away test data
  • t1/2: 377 days o
    Environment: Kidman sandy loam
  • t1/2: 268 days o
    Environment: McLaurin sandy loam
  • t1/2: 560-1760 days o
    Environment: anaerobic; estimated unacclimatized aqueous aerobic biodegradation
  • t1/2: 44; 105; 109; 133; 143; 175; 182 days ak
    Environment: degradation in a soil system at initial conc between 4 and 73
  • t1/2: 0.0022 umol/hr/mg bacterial protein an
    Environment: rate of biodegradation
  • t1/2: ~0.17 - 2 years al
    Environment: degradation in soil

Toxicity Effects

  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Scientific Name: Artemia salina
     Toxicity: 0.04 mg/l
     Test: 3h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ce
    Scientific Name: Ceriodaphnia dubia
     Toxicity: 45.0 µg/l
     Test: 48h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.004 mg/l
     Test: 2h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 320 mg/l
     Test: 48h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 0.97 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Daphnia
     Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
     Toxicity: 102.8 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Scientific Name: Gammarus minus
     Toxicity: 32.0 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Scientific Name: Gammarus pseudolimnaeus
     Toxicity: > 116.6 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 0.04 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans bd
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 40 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 87 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 0.58 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 30.53 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 58.41 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 2.76 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 1.6 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Toxicity: 40 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans ak
    Common Name: Mysid shrimp
     Scientific Name: Mysidopsis bahia
     Life Stage: One Life Cycle
     Toxicity: 0.012 mg/l
     Test: NOEC
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Daggerblade grass shrimp
     Scientific Name: Palaemonetes pugio
     Toxicity: 21.55 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Crustaceans am
    Common Name: Daggerblade grass shrimp
     Scientific Name: Palaemonetes pugio
     Toxicity: 142.5 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Echinoderms am
    Common Name: Purple-spined sea urchin
     Scientific Name: Arbacia punctulata
     Toxicity: 3.89 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Echinoderms am
    Common Name: Purple-spined sea urchin
     Scientific Name: Arbacia punctulata
     Toxicity: > 20000 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Toxicity: >20000 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish bb
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Toxicity: >560000 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in seawater
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Toxicity: 158.8 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Sheepshead minnow
     Scientific Name: Cyprinodon variegatus
     Toxicity: 172 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 4.0 mg/l
     Test: 96h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: >116.6 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish bc
    Common Name: Bluegill
     Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
     Toxicity: 4000 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Inland silverside, tidewater silverside
     Scientific Name: Menidia beryllina
     Toxicity: 13.05 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Inland silverside, tidewater silverside
     Scientific Name: Menidia beryllina
     Toxicity: 616.6 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Inland silverside, tidewater silverside
     Scientific Name: Menidia beryllina
     Toxicity: 30.29 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Inland silverside, tidewater silverside
     Scientific Name: Menidia beryllina
     Toxicity: 16 µg/l
     Test: MATC Life Cycle
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Rainbow trout
     Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
    Toxicity: 7.70 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Rainbow trout
     Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
    Toxicity: >90.5 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Rainbow trout
     Scientific Name: Oncorhynchus mykiss
    Toxicity: 187 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish ak
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 0.1; 0.2 mg/l
     Test: 24h LC50
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: >211.7 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: >1000 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in dark
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 2.59 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,F
     Formulation: in UVB
  • Organism Type: Fish am
    Common Name: Fathead minnow
     Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
     Toxicity: 95.0 µg/l
     Test: 96h LC50,S
     Formulation: in dark

Soil Organic Carbon/Water Partition Coefficients

  • Koc: Log Koc: 4.58 ay

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

  • Log Kow: 5.2 aj
  • Log Kow: 5.33 ak
  • Log Kow: 5.155 am
    Formulation: measured
  • Log Kow: 4.9 am
    Formulation: estimated
  • Log Kow: 4.95 am
    Formulation: estimated
  • Log Kow: 5.22 am
    Formulation: estimated
  • Log Kow: 5.29 am
    Formulation: estimated
  • Log Kow: 5.33 am
    Formulation: estimated
  • Log Kow: 5 am
    Formulation: measured by shake-centrifugation
  • Log Kow: 5.39 am
    Formulation: measured by generator column
  • Log Kow: 5.09 am
    Formulation: measured by slow stir flask
  • Log Kow: 5.21 am
    Formulation: estimated by SPARC
  • Log Kow: 4.95 am
    Formulation: estimated by CLOGP
  • Log Kow: 5.33 an

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