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Acetonitrile - Environmental Health Criteria 154
(1993)
Acetonitrile (CH3CN) is a by-product of acrylonitrile manufacture. It may also be formed by the combustion of wood and vegetation. It is a liquid with an ether-like odour. Acetonitrile is a volatile, highly polar ...
Barium - Environmental Health Criteria 107
(1990)
Barium is one of the alkaline earth metals, having a relative atomic mass of 137.34 and an atomic number of 56. It has seven naturally occurring stable isotopes, of which 138Ba is the most abundant. Barium is a ...
Hexachlorobutadiene - Environmental Health Criteria 156
(1994)
Hexachlorobutadiene is a non-flammable, incombustible, clear, oily and colourless liquid at ordinary temperature and pressure. It is poorly soluble in water but miscible with ether and ethanol. Hexachlorobutadiene is not ...
Ultraviolet Radiation - Environmental Health Criteria 160
(1994)
This monograph is concerned with the effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure on human health and the environment. Such a
review of the scientific literature is considered timely in view of the consequences of ...
Copper - Environmental Health Criteria 200
(1998)
Copper is a reddish-brown, ductile and malleable metal. It belongs to group IB of the Periodic Table. In compounds found in the environment it usually has a valence of 2 but can exist in the metallic, +1 and +3 valence ...
Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether - Environmental Health Criteria 206
(1998)
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) is one of several ethers that may be used as fuel additives and is currently by far the dominant one. Ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE), tertiary-amyl methyl ether (TAME), tertiary-amyl ...
Diazinon - Environmental Health Criteria 198
(1998)
The chemical name for diazinon is O, O-diethyl O-2-isopropyl-6-methylpyrimidinyl-4-yl phosphorothioate. The pure material forms a colourless liquid with a faint ester-like odour. The technical active ingredient is a ...
Hexachlorobenzene - Environmental Health Criteria 195
(1997)
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is a chlorinated organic compound with moderate volatility. It is practically insoluble in water, but is highly lipid-soluble and bioaccumulative. Technical grade HCB contains up to 2% impurities, ...
Chrysotile Asbestos - Environmental Health Criteria 203
(1998)
Chrysotile is a fibrous hydrated magnesium silicate mineral that has been used in many commercial products. It is widely used in global commerce today. Its physical and chemical properties as a mineral are observed to vary ...
Methanol - Environmental Health Criteria 196
(1997)
Methanol is a clear, colourless, volatile flammable liquid with a mild alcoholic odour when pure. It is miscible with water and many organic solvents and forms many binary azeotropic mixtures. Methanol occurs naturally ...