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EC number: 203-311-1 | CAS number: 105-58-8
- 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
Density
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- density, other
- Remarks:
- density
- Type of information:
- other: presumably experimental
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Peer reviewed data from HSDB. HSDB database is referred to as reliable source in Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment Chapter R.7a: Endpoint specific guidance, Table R.7.1-2 Sources of physico-chemical data.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No information on the conducted test procedure
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: no data
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 0.975
- Temp.:
- 20 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: 20 deg C/4 deg C (Lide, 1998-1999)
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 0.969 g/cm³
- Temp.:
- 25 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: (Lide, 2000-2001)
- Conclusions:
- The density of the test substance diethyl carbonate has been determined to be 0.9692 g/cm³ at 25 °C, and 0.9752 at 20 °C (with respect to the density of water at 4 °C (ca. 1 g/cm³)).
- Endpoint:
- relative density
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Accepted encyclopedia for a wide range of chemicals, drugs and biologicals; no information on the conducted test procedure.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- no information on the conducted test procedure
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: no data
- Type:
- relative density
- Density:
- 0.976
- Temp.:
- 20 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: referred to water at 4 °C
- Conclusions:
- The relative density of the test substance diethyl carbonate has been determined be 0.9764 at 20 °C (referred to water at 4 °C).
- Endpoint:
- relative density
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary is referred to as reliable source in Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment Chapter R.7a: Endpoint specific guidance, Table R.7.1-2 Sources of physico-chemical data.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- no information on the conducted test procedure.
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: no data
- Type:
- relative density
- Density:
- 0.975
- Temp.:
- 20 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: relative density of the test substance is referred to the density of water at 4 °C
- Conclusions:
- The value for the relative density of the test substance diethyl carbonat is 0.975 at 20 °C (referred to water at 4 °C).
- Endpoint:
- density, other
- Remarks:
- other: Specific gravity
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 3 (not reliable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: see 'Remark'
- Remarks:
- The cited handbook is not referred to as reliable source in Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment Chapter R.7a: Endpoint specific guidance, Table R.7.1-2 Sources of physico-chemical data. No further information are given on the conducted method or the temperature.
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Type of method:
- other: no data
- Type:
- other: Specific gravity
- Density:
- >= 0.976 - <= 0.988
- Remarks on result:
- other: no further information on method conducted or temperature
- Conclusions:
- The specific gravity of the test substance diethyl carbonate was determined to be between 0.976 and 0.988. No information was given on the conducted method or the temperature.
- Endpoint:
- relative density
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: see 'Remark'
- Remarks:
- Sax’s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials is referred to as reliable source in Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment Chapter R.7a: Endpoint specific guidance, Table R.7.1-2 Sources of physico-chemical data. No information was given on the conducted method.
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: no data
- Type:
- relative density
- Density:
- 0.975
- Temp.:
- 20 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: relative to the density of water at 4 °C; no information on conducted method
- Conclusions:
- The relative density of the test substance diethyl carbonate has been determined to be 0.975 at 20 °C. No information was given on the conducted method.
Referenceopen allclose all
Description of key information
The density of the test substance diethyl carbonate has been determined to be 0.9692 g/cm³ at 25 °C, and 0.9752 at 20 °C (with respect to the density of water at 4 °C (ca. 1 g/cm³)).
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Relative density at 20C:
- 0.975
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