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Mirex - Environmental Health Criteria 44
(1984)
Mirex (C10C112) is a white crystalline odourless solid it is an extremely stable substance. Gas chromatography with electron capture detection is the analytical method most commonly used for its determination. Mirex is ...
Toluene - Environmental Health Criteria 52
(1985)
Toluene is the common name for methylbenzene. It is a clear, colourless liquid that is volatile (vapour pressure of 3.82 kPa), flammable, and explosive in air. The technical product may contain small amounts of benzene. ...
Ammonia - Environmental Health Criteria 54
(1986)
Ammonia (NH3) is a colourless acrid-smelling gas at ambient temperature and pressure. It can be stored and transported as a liquid at a pressure of 10 atm at 25 C. Ammonia dissolves readily in water where it forms, and is ...
Dithiocarbamate Pesticides, Ethylenethiourea, and Propylenethiourea: A General Introduction - Environmental Health Criteria 78
(1988)
The dithiocarbamates included in this review are those that are mainly used in agriculture and form part of the large group of synthetic organic pesticides that have been developed and produced on a large scale in the last ...
Pentachlorophenol - Environmental Health Criteria 71
(1987)
Pure pentachlorophenol (PCP) consists of light tan to white, needlelike crystals and is relatively volatile. It is soluble in most organic solvents, but practically insoluble in water at the slightly acidic pH generated ...
Vanadium - Environmental Health Criteria 81
(1988)
?letaliic vanadium does not occur in nature. Over 70 vanadium minerals are known, carnatite and vanadinite being the most important from the point of view of mining. Production of vanadium is linked with that of other ...
Formaldehyde - Environmental Health Criteria 89
(1989)
Formaldehyde is a flammable, colourless and readily polymerized gas at ambient temperatures. The most common commercially available form is a 30-50% aqueous solution. Formaldehyde is readily soluble in water, alcohols, and ...
Cypermethrin - Environmental Health Criteria 82
(1989)
Cypermethrin was initially synthesized in 1974 and first marketed in 1977 as a highly active synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, effective against a wide range of pests in agriculture, public health, and animal husbandry. ...
1-Propanol - Environmental Health Criteria 102
(1990)
1-Propanol is a colourless, highly flammable liquid that is volatile at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure. It is miscible with water and organic solvents. Analytical methods for propanol include gas ...
Aluminium - Enviromnental Health Criteria 194
(1997)
Aluminium is a silvery-white, ductile and malleable metal. It belongs to group IIIA of the Periodic Table, and in compounds it is usually found as AlIII. It forms about 8% of the earth's crust and is one of the most reactive ...