TRANS-CHLORDANE Property

Melting point:

106°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

492.46°C (rough estimate)

Density 

1.80

vapor pressure 

5.03 x 10^-5 mmHg at 25 °C (subcooled liquid vapor pressure calculated from GC retention time data,Hinckley et al., 1990)

refractive index 

1.6000 (estimate)

Flash point:

-18 °C

storage temp. 

0-6°C

solubility 

Miscible with aliphatic and aromatic solvents (U.S. EPA, 1985)

form 

Solid

Water Solubility 

56ug/L(temperature not stated)

Henry's Law Constant

0.033 at 5 °C, 0.098 at 15 °C, 0.11 at 20 °C, 0.16 at 25 °C, 0.44 at 35 °C:in 3% NaCl solution: 0.077 at 5 °C, 0.14 at 15 °C, 0.38 at 25 °C, 3.47 at 35 °C (gas stripping-GC, Cetin et al., 2006)(x 10^-3 atm?m³/mol)

EPA Substance Registry System

trans-Chlordane (5103-74-2)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

F,Xn,N

Risk Statements 

11-38-50/53-65-67-40-22-48-36/37/38-20/21/22-62-51/53-48/20-50-20

Safety Statements 

60-61-62-36/37-45-26-33-29-16-9-25

RIDADR 

2761

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

PC0365000

HazardClass 

6.1(b)

PackingGroup 

III

Toxicity

LC50 (96-hour) for rainbow trout 90 mg/L and bluegill sunfish 70 mg/L (Hartley and Kidd, 1987); EC50 (96-hour) for goldfish 0.5 mg/L; acute oral LD50 for rats 365–590 mg/kg (Hartley and Kidd, 1987), 343 mg/kg (RTECS, 1985).

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H301Toxic if swalloed

H332Harmful if inhaled

H351Suspected of causing cancer

H410Very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects

Precautionary statements

P201Obtain special instructions before use.

P273Avoid release to the environment.

TRANS-CHLORDANE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

Colorless to amber, solid or very viscous, noncombustible liquid which may impart a chlorinelike, irritating odor

Uses

Insecticide

Environmental Fate

Groundwater. According to the U.S. EPA (1986) cis-chlordane has a high potential to leach to groundwater.
Photolytic. Irradiation of cis-chlordane by a 450-W high-pressure mercury lamp gave photo-cis-chlordane (Ivie et al., 1972).
Chemical/Physical. In an alkaline medium or solvent, carrier, diluent or emulsifier having an alkaline reaction, chlorine will be released (Windholz et al., 1983). Based on a reported hydrolysis half-life of >197,000 years at 25°C and pH 7 (Ellington et al., 1988), chemical hydrolysis is not expected to be an environmentally relevant fate process (Lyman et al., 1982).
Emits very toxic fumes of chlorides when heated to decomposition (Lewis, 1990).