Substance Identity
CAS Number 124-18-5
Chemical Name Decane
Type of substance Organic
SMILES C(CCCCCCCC)C
Moiety of concern organic
Categorization Results

Meets Government of Canada Categorization Criteria? No
Meets Human Health Categorization Criteria? No
Meets Environmental Criteria for Categorization? No
Persistent (P)? No
Rational for P Category
Bioaccumulative (B)? No
Rational for B Category
Inherently Toxic to Aquatic Organisms (iT)? Yes
Rational for iT Experiment
DSL Quantity range (tonnes/year) >1T to 1000T

Ecological data supporting decisions

Underlying data regarding persistence

Media of concern leading to Categorization Air
Experimental Biodegradation half-life (days) Not Available
Experimental Biodegradation result (%) 82
Reference (biodegradation result) Wakeham, S.G. et al.; Behaviour of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Coastal Seawater: Mesocosm Experiments with Carbon
Robust Study Summary (biodegradation result)
124185.doc
Predicted Ultimate degradation half-life (days) 8.67
MITI probability of biodegradation 0.8691
TOPKAT probability of biodegradation 1
EPI Predicted Ozone reaction half-life (days) 999
Experimental Atmospheric Oxidation half-life (days) 0.921934865900383
Reference (oxidation) ATKINSON,R.; KINETICS AND MECHANISMS OF THE GAS-PHASE REACTIONS OF THE HYDROXYL RADICAL WITH ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.; JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REFERENCE DATA. MONOGRAPH NO. 1.; 1989
EPI Predicted Atmospheric Oxidation half-life (days) 0.9627

Underlying data regarding Bioaccumulation

Empirical Log Kow 5.01
Log Kow predicted by KowWin 5.25
Log BAF T2MTL predicted by Gobas 4.24336178825156
Log BCF 5% T2LTL predicted by Gobas 3.68756795713256
Log BCF Max predicted by OASIS 4.41565254120495
Log BCF predicted by BCFWIN 2.158

Underlying data regarding inherent toxicity to aquatic organisms

Pivotal value for iT (mg/l) 0.0194
Experimental result iT (mg/l) 0.0194
Test species iT (Latin) Daphnia magna
Test species iT (Common) Water flea
Final EndPoint iT NOEC
Exposure duration iT (hours) 504
Reference iT Analogue of 872-05-9
Robust Study Summary iT
124185-AT-EC50-A-thapse.rtf
124185-AT-LC50-I-Dapmag-3.doc
124185-AT-LC50-I-Dapmag-4.doc
Toxicity to fish (LC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Oasis Forecast M v1.10 1.2851
Toxicity to fish (LC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Aster 0.981518
Toxicity to fish (LC50 in mg/l) as predicted by PNN 5.38616
Toxicity to daphnia (EC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Topkat v6.1 0.0004268
Toxicity to fish, daphnia, algae or mysid shrimp (EC50 or LC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Ecosar v0.99g 0.094
Chronic toxicity to daphnia or algae (EC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Ecosar v0.99g 0.026
Toxicity to fish (LC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Neutral Organics QSAR in Ecosar v0.99g 2.82E-001

Human Health data supporting decisions
Underlying data regarding potential for exposure

LPE/IPE/GPE Lowest Potential for Exposure (HC Simple Exposure Tool)

Underlying data regarding Previous Assessments

Underlying data regarding Simple Hazard Assessment


Underlying data regarding Complex Hazard Assessment