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EC number: 231-106-7 | CAS number: 7439-97-6
- 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
Basic toxicokinetics
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- basic toxicokinetics
- Data waiving:
- other justification
- Justification for data waiving:
- other:
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- Metallic mercury (Hg0) the biological effects of long-time, low to moderate exposures
- Author:
- Efskind, J.
- Year:
- 2 009
- Bibliographic source:
- Euro Chlor Sci. Dossier 13
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- Elemental mercury and inorganic mercury compounds: human health aspects
- Author:
- Risher, J.F.
- Year:
- 2 003
- Bibliographic source:
- ATSDR, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Effects of occupational exposure to mercury vapor on lymphocyte micronuclei
- Author:
- Barregård, L.; et al.
- Year:
- 1 991
- Bibliographic source:
- Scand. J. Work. Environ. Health. Aug. 17(4):263-8.
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Percutaneous absorption of mercury vapor by man.
- Author:
- Hursch, J.B.; et al.
- Year:
- 1 989
- Bibliographic source:
- Arch. Environ. Health 44: 120-127
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Clearance of mercury (Hg-197, Hg-203) vapor inhaled by human subjects.
- Author:
- Hursch, J.B.; et al.
- Year:
- 1 976
- Bibliographic source:
- Arch. Environ. Health 31: 302-309
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Uptake of mercury vapour in blood in vivo and in vitro from Hg-containing air.
- Author:
- Kudsk, F.N.
- Year:
- 1 969
- Bibliographic source:
- Act. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 27(2): 149-60
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Mercury absorption by inhaling through the nose and expiring through the mouth at various concentrations
- Author:
- Oikawa, K.; et al.
- Year:
- 1 988
- Bibliographic source:
- Chemosphere 11; 943-951 (p. 2)
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- Environmental Health Criteria 118. Inorganic Mercury.
- Author:
- WHO
- Year:
- 1 991
- Bibliographic source:
- WHO Geneva 1991 ISBN 92 4 157118.
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
Main ADME results
- Type:
- other: no data
Toxicokinetic / pharmacokinetic studies
- Details on distribution in tissues:
- no data
Transfer into organs
- Transfer type:
- other: no data
- Observation:
- not determined
Toxicokinetic parameters
- Toxicokinetic parameters:
- other: no data
Metabolite characterisation studies
- Metabolites identified:
- no
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