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EC number: 701-475-3 | CAS number: -
- 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
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Genetic toxicity in vitro
Description of key information
An OECD TG 473 in vitro test has been conducted to determine the possible clastogenicity of dilithium tetraborate using cultured human lymphocytes. Both in the absence and presence of S9-mix, dilithium tetraborate did not induce any statistically significant and biologically relevant increase in the number of cells with chromosome aberrations in two independent experiments.
In an OECD TG 471 in vitro study, dilithium tetraborate induced dose related increases in tester strain TA100 (Salmonella typhimurium) in the absence and presence of S9-mix in two independent experiments (2.0 and 2.3-fold), respectively. The results in TA100 are therefore considered equivocal.
An OECD TG 490 in vitro study, was conducted to evaluate the mutagenic potential of Dilithium tetraborate by testing its ability to induce forward mutations at the thymidine kinase (TK) locus in L5178Y mouse lymphoma cells, either in the absence or presence of a metabolic system (S9-mix). Negative in vitro results for mutagenicity in mammalian cells were obtained for dilithium tetraborate.
Read-across to these results are proposed for the UVCB-Reaction products of boric acid and lithium hydroxide since at physiological pH, it will dissociate and release boric acid and lithium ions as a result of relevant transformation pathways. Variations in structure (trigonal vs tetrahedral) between the substances are not expected to lead to any changes to the results.
Endpoint conclusion
- Endpoint conclusion:
- no adverse effect observed (negative)
Genetic toxicity in vivo
Description of key information
In an OECD 471 Ames test a borderline positive response was observed in strain TA100 for the test material (dilithium tetraborate); however, a clear negative result was obtained in an OECD 473 cytogenicity test. For confirmation of genotoxicity status an OECD 490 Mouse Lymphoma Assay was conducted on dilithium tetraborate which was negative.
As outlined in Figure R.7.7-1 Flow chart of the mutagenicity testing strategy in the Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment Chapter R.7a: Endpoint specific guidance, Version 6.0, July 2017, the substance is deemed negative for mutagenicity and no further testing is required.
Additional information
Justification for classification or non-classification
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