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EC number: 215-686-9 | CAS number: 1344-08-7
- 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
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- 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
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- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
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- Short-term toxicity to fish
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- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
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Melting point / freezing point
Administrative data
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Description of key information
Liquid: The freezing point of sodium polysulfide solution was -6.2 °C.
Solid: The melting point of the test item disodium tetrasulfide (EC no. 215-686-9) is 230°C – 278°C
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Melting / freezing point at 101 325 Pa:
- 230 °C
Additional information
Liquid: The freezing point of the test item sodium polysulfide solution was determined according to OECD guideline no. 102 [adopted on 27 July 1995] and EU test method A.1 [Regulation 92/69/EEC, Official Journal L 383 A 1992] with the with the freezing temperature method. Approx. 10 ml sample are filled into the vessel with a stirrer and thermometer. The vessel is closed and for a preliminary test the cryostat is set to maximum cooling. When the sample crystallizes this is usually associated with excessive supercooling. The sample is melted by raising the temperature again. The sample is then cooled again with the cryostat set to a final temperature 5 ± 2 °C below the crystallization temperature of the preliminary test. If the temperature rise exceeds 2 °C seed crystals should be added to the sample at the preliminary crystallization temperature. The test is performed at least twice.
The freezing point of sodium polysulfide solution was -6.2 °C.
Solid: The melting temperature of the test item disodium tetrasulfide (EC no. 215-686-9) was determined by differential scanning calorimetry according to OECD guideline no. 102 (adopted on July 27, 1995) and EU test method A.1 [Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 of 30 May 2008]. In a measurement with differential scanning calorimetry a sample of the test item and a reference material (identical crucible without the test item) are subjected to the same controlled temperature program. The difference in the temperatures of the test item and the reference material is recorded and applying a calibration function converted to a heat flow signal. When the sample undergoes a transition involving a change in enthalpy (endothermic on melting or boiling), that change is indicated by a departure from the base line of the heat flow record. A thermogravimetric measurement was carried out as a preliminary test before the DSC measurements.
The heat flow curves then showed two endothermic effects, a smaller peak at 245°C (extrapolated onset temperature at 230°), and a larger peak at 287°C (extrapolated onset temperature at 278°). This indicates probably the melting of two phases. The melting point of the test item disodium tetrasulfide (EC no. 215-686-9) is 230°C – 278°C.
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