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EC number: 205-399-7 | CAS number: 140-11-4
- 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
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Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Description of key information
Short-term and long-Toxicity to Fish
The acute and chronic studies with benzyl acetate were carried out under flow-through test conditions, test species was medaka (Oryzias latipes). The 96 hour LC50 was calculated to be 4 mg/L (with 95% confidence limits of 3.48 – 4.60mg/L). The chronic value was calculated to be 1.33 mg/L (Holcombeet al, 1995).
Short-term Toxicity to Aquatic Invertebrates
The acute toxicity of the benzyl acetate to the freshwater invertebrate Daphnia magna was investigated . The 48-hour EC50 was 17 mg/L (95 % confidence limits 14 -20 mg/L), the corresponding no-observed effect concentration was 10 mg/L (Vyrenhoef, H. and Mullee, D.M. 2010).
Toxicity to Aquatic Algae
The effects of benzyl acetate on the growth of the alga Desmodesmus subspicatus were investigated (Vyrenhoef, H. and Mullee, D.M. 2010). Growth rate: 72 h EC50: 110 mg/L; NOEC: 52 mg/L; LOEC: 113 mg/L Yield: 72 h EC50: 92 mg/L; NOEC: 52 mg/L; LOEC: 113 mg/L.
Toxicity to microorganisms
A study was performed to assess the effects of benzyl acetate on microorganisms. The method followed that described in the ISO 8192-1986 requirement E guideline (equivalent to OECD 209) (Muller, 1994).
Nominal exposure concentrations were 180, 320, 560, 1000 and 1800 mg/L. Respiration rates were 33.0, 32.0, 25.5, 11.0 and 3.0 mg/L.h and the % inhibition values were 0, 0.9, 21.1, 65.9 and 90.7%. The EC50 was 855 mg/L.
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