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EC number: 208-883-6 | CAS number: 544-92-3
Appearance / physical state / colour
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- appearance / physical state / colour
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Study period:
- No data
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- No data
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- solid
- Form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Remarks:
- White powder, green crystals
- Colour:
- white
- Odour:
- other: No information
- Substance type:
- inorganic
- Conclusions:
- Endpoint: Appearance, physical state, colour
Result: white color, green crystals - Executive summary:
Substance: copper cyanide (CAS No 455 -92 -3)
Appearance, physical state, colour: white powder, green crystals
Source: "Physical Constants of Organic Compounds", in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Internet Version 2005, David R. Lide, ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2005.
- Endpoint:
- appearance / physical state / colour
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Study period:
- No data
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- No data
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- solid
- Form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Remarks:
- White to cream colour powder; colourless to dark green lozenge crystals
- Colour:
- white to cream colour
- Odour:
- other: No data
- Substance type:
- inorganic
- Conclusions:
- Endpoint: Appearance, physical state, colour
Result: White to cream colour powder; colourless to dark green lozenge crystals - Executive summary:
Substance: copper cyanide (CAS No 455 -92 -3)
Appearance, physical state, colour: white to cream colour powder; colourless to dark green lozenge crystals
Source: The Merck Index
Referenceopen allclose all
No data
No data
Description of key information
For that endpoint, data from litterature have been gathered. Details can be found in the table below.
Table 4.1.1:Copper cyanidematerial status test data summary
Test value |
Source |
White to cream color powder Colorless to dark green lozenge crystals |
The Merck Index |
White powder, green crystals |
CRC Handbook of chemistry and physics |
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- solid
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