Ecological Assessment of Storm Impacts

Data Collection

Fluorene

Basic Information

Synonym(s): 2,2'-methylenebiphenyl; 2,3-benzindene; o-Biphenylenemethane; o-biphenylmethane; 9H-Fluorene; alpha-diphenylenemethane-9H-fluorene; diphenylenemethane; Fluorene
Formula: C₁₃H₁₀
Molecular Weight: 166.222
Boiling Point (°C): 295
Melting Point (°C): 116
Contaminant Type: Fluorene is a polyclyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
Notes: DAZZLING WHITE LEAFLETS OR FLAKES FROM ALCOHOL; SMALL, WHITE, CRYSTALLINE PLATES; FLUORESCENT WHEN IMPURE

Solubility (in water)

• Solubility: 1.69E+00 mg/kg ^ao
  Temperature (°C): 25
  

• Solubility: 1.90E-05 g/100ml ^d
  

• Solubility: 1.98E+00 mg/l ^ak
  

• Solubility: 1.90E+00 mg/l ^ak
  Temperature (°C): 25
  

• Solubility: 0.8 +/- 0.2 ppm ^ak
  Temperature (°C): 22
  Formulation: in seawater

Half-Life (in soil unless otherwise noted)

• t1/2: 32-60 days ^f
  Environment: Based upon aerobic soil die-away test data
  

• t1/2: > 48 days ^ak
  Environment: biodegradation in nonadapted aerobic subsoil - sand Texas
  

• t1/2: 39 days ^ak
  Environment: degradation in soil system at initial conc of 0.9 mg/kg
  

• t1/2: 2 days ^ak
  Environment: degradation in soil system at initial conc of 500 mg/kg
  

• t1/2: 2-64 days ^al
  

• t1/2: 32 days ^al
  Temperature (°C): 30
  Environment: in an unacclimated agricultural sandy loam soil
  

• t1/2: 60 days ^al
  Temperature (°C): 10
  Environment: in an unacclimated agricultural sandy loam soil
  

Toxicity Effects

• Organism Type: Crustaceans ^ak
  Common Name: Daphnia
  Scientific Name: Daphnia magna
  Toxicity: 0.43 mg/l
  Test: 48h EC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Bluegill
  Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
  Toxicity: ~5 mg/l
  Test: 24h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Bluegill
  Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
  Toxicity: ~5 mg/l
  Test: 24h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Bluegill
  Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
  Toxicity: ~5 mg/l
  Test: 24h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Bluegill
  Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
  Toxicity: ~5 mg/l
  Test: 24h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Bluegill
  Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
  Toxicity: ~5 mg/l
  Test: 24h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Bluegill
  Scientific Name: Lepomis macrochirus
  Toxicity: ~5 mg/l
  Test: 24h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Fathead minnow
  Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
  Toxicity: >100 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Fathead minnow
  Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
  Toxicity: >100 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Fathead minnow
  Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
  Toxicity: >100 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Fathead minnow
  Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
  Toxicity: >100 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Fathead minnow
  Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
  Toxicity: >100 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

• Organism Type: Fish ^ak
  Common Name: Fathead minnow
  Scientific Name: Pimephales promelas
  Toxicity: >100 mg/l
  Test: 48h LC50
  

Soil Organic Carbon/Water Partition Coefficients

• Koc: Log Koc: 3.86 ^ay
  

• Koc: Log Koc: 3.5 ^ak
  Formulation: calculated
  

• Koc: Log Koc: 3.70 - 4.21 ^al
  

Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients

• Log Kow: 4.18 ^ay
  

• Log Kow: "4.18, 4.38" ^ak
  

Work Cited