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Administrative data

Endpoint:
appearance / physical state / colour
Type of information:
other: data from handbook
Adequacy of study:
other information
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: data from a reliable handbook cited in a peer reviewed database

Data source

Referenceopen allclose all

Reference Type:
other: peer reviewed database
Title:
Hazardous Substance DataBase
Author:
HSDB
Year:
2010
Bibliographic source:
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+AMMONIUM CARBONATE consulted on 2010-10-08
Reference Type:
secondary source
Title:
The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals.
Author:
Budavari, S. (ed.).
Year:
1996
Bibliographic source:
Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1996., p. 89

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline required

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Diammonium carbonate
EC Number:
208-058-0
EC Name:
Diammonium carbonate
Cas Number:
506-87-6
Molecular formula:
CH2O3.2H3N
IUPAC Name:
diammonium carbonate

Results and discussion

Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
solid
Form / colour / odouropen allclose all
Form:
crystalline
Colour:
white / colourless / translucent
Odour:
ammonia-like
Substance type:
inorganic

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
At ambient temperature the substance is a white/colourless cristal or powder with a strong amonia like odour.