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EC number: 231-141-8 | CAS number: 7440-31-5
- 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
- Type of information:
- other: review article
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- secondary literature
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and refers to secondary literature (highly credible review article).
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 7.26 g/cm³
- Remarks on result:
- other: No data on temperature
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 5.77 g/cm³
- Remarks on result:
- other: No data on temperature
- Conclusions:
- The density of the substance is reported as 7.265 g/cm³ (white tin) and 5.769 g/cm³ (grey tin)
- Executive summary:
The density of tin noted as being 7.265 g/cm³ (white tin) and 5.769 g/cm³(grey tin).
- Endpoint:
- relative density
- Type of information:
- other: handbook data
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- 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 available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 7.31 other: not stated
- Remarks on result:
- other: No further data on results available.
- Conclusions:
- The density of the substance was stated as 7.31.
- Executive summary:
The density of tin was noted as being 7.31.
- Endpoint:
- density, other
- Type of information:
- other: Non-peer reviewed data source
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- secondary literature
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and refers to secondary literature.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other:
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 7.3 g/cm³
- Temp.:
- 20 °C
- Conclusions:
- The density of the substance was reported as 7.3 g/cm³ at 20 °C.
- Executive summary:
The density of tin was noted as being 7.3 g/cm³ at 20 °C
- Endpoint:
- density, other
- Type of information:
- other: Safety data sheet
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- abstract
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and is listed only in short abstract
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 7.31 other: g/mL
- Temp.:
- 25 °C
- Conclusions:
- The density of the substance was recorded as 7.31 g/mL at 25 °C.
- Executive summary:
The density of tin was noted as being 7.31 g/mL at 25 °C
- Endpoint:
- relative density
- Type of information:
- other: Safety data sheet
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- abstract
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and is listed only in short abstract
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 7.31 other: not stated
- Remarks on result:
- other: no further data on results available.
- Conclusions:
- The density of tin was reported to be 7.31.
- Executive summary:
The density of tin was noted as being 7.31.
- Endpoint:
- density, other
- Remarks:
- specifc gravity
- Type of information:
- other: review article
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- secondary literature
- Remarks:
- Data which do not give sufficient experimental details and which are only listed in short abstracts or secondary literature.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Type:
- other: specific gravity (white tin)
- Density:
- 7.3
- Remarks on result:
- other: No data on temperature
- Type:
- other: specifc gravity (grey tin)
- Density:
- 5.75
- Remarks on result:
- other: No data on temperature
- Conclusions:
- The specific gravity of tin was reported as 7.184 at 226 °C and 7.30 at 21 °C for white tin and as 5.75 and 5.768 for grey tin.
- Executive summary:
The specific gravity of tin was noted as being between 7.184 at 226 °C and 7.30 at 21 °C for white tin and 5.75 and 5.768 for grey tin.
- Endpoint:
- density, other
- Type of information:
- other: Review article
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- secondary literature
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and refers to secondary literature.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other:
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 7.29 g/cm³
- Temp.:
- 15 °C
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 7.28 g/cm³
- Temp.:
- 25 °C
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 5.77 g/cm³
- Temp.:
- 15 °C
- Type:
- density
- Density:
- 5.76 g/cm³
- Remarks on result:
- other: room temperature
- Conclusions:
- The specific gravity for beta tin at 15 °C was 7.29 g/cm³, 7.281 g/cm³ at 25 °C and for grey tin 5.77 g/cm³ and 5.765 g/cm³ respectively.
- Executive summary:
The specific gravity of tin was noted as being between 7.29 g/cm³ at 15 °C and 7.281 g/cm³ at 25 °C for beta tin and 5.77 g/cm³ and 5.765 g/cm³ for grey tin.
Referenceopen allclose all
Density (g/cm3) = 7.265 (white tin)
Density (g/cm3) = 5.769 (grey tin)
Data source stated as Metallo-Chimique n.v. Beerse
Specific Gravity
White Tin
7.3 Homer and Watkins; Metal Industry (London), 60, 364-6 (1942)
1 °C = 7.285 Endo; Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 2, 131 (1927)
15 °C = 7.286 Cohen and Goldschmidt; Chem. Weekblad, 1, 437 (1904)
15 °C = 7.2984
21 °C = 7.30 Wigand; ann Physik, (4), 22, 64, (1907)
226 °C = 7.184 Smithsonian Physical Tables; Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
Grey tin
5.75 Homer and Watkins; Metal Industry (London), 60, 364-6 (1942)
1 °C = 5.765 Endo; Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, 2, 131 (1927)
18 °C = 5.751 Cohen and Olie; Z. Physic. Chem., 71, 385 (1910)
-163.3 °C = 5.768 Cohen and Olie; Z. Physic. Chem., 71, 385 (1910)
Βtin
density 7.29 g/cm³ 15 °C
density 7.281 g/cm³ 25 °C (by X-ray)
αtin
density 5.77 g/cm³ 15 °C
density 5.765 g/cm³ Room temperature (by X-ray)
Description of key information
A number of articles in the public domain, published papers and Safety Data Sheets record the melting point of tin as ranging from 7.26-7.31 g/cm³.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Relative density at 20C:
- 7.31
Additional information
The relative density of tin recorded in the articles in the public domain for which legitimate access is available is 7.26 -7.31g/cm³ which covers the range of data available and so these values are considered acceptable. A value of 7.31g/cm³ has been chosen on the basis that this result is most commonly reported
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