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EC number: 209-161-3 | CAS number: 557-20-0
Appearance / physical state / colour
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- appearance / physical state / colour
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- April May 2010
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Fair report, summary of purety and identity data.
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- reference to same study
- Qualifier:
- equivalent or similar to guideline
- Guideline:
- EPA OPPTS 830.6302 (Color)
- Deviations:
- yes
- Remarks:
- visual
- Qualifier:
- equivalent or similar to guideline
- Guideline:
- EPA OPPTS 830.6303 (Physical State)
- Deviations:
- no
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Odour can not be given, because of safety reasons, the substance is kept in closed containers and only opened under protective circumstances without contact with people.
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- liquid
- Remarks:
- clear, to slightly hazy
- Form:
- other: Always stored in a closed container, because of risk of undergoing violent, exothermic decomposition with flammable gas evolution.
- Colour:
- Colourless
- Odour:
- other: unknown, always in a closed container.
- Substance type:
- organometallic
- Conclusions:
- 557-20-0, Diethylzinc (DEZ),
The substance is an organometallic, colourless, clear to slightly hazy liquid with an unkown odour.
Reference
Description of key information
The substance is an organometallic, colourless, clear to slightly hazy liquid with an unknown odour.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- liquid
Additional information
See: 557-20-0, Appearance/physical state/colour,Datta, 2010,Purity and identification report of Diethylzinc (CAS no. 557-20-0),rs Odour can not be given, because of safety reasons, the substance is kept in closed containers and only opened under protective circumstances without contact with people. See: 557-20-0, Explosiveness, Nuysink, 2009,Explosive property on DEZ; Impact, Koenen and Modified Trauzl tests,rs Special handling is required for the extreme pyrophoric DEZ. See 557-20-0,freezing point, Bamford,1946,Physical and Chemical Properties of Organo-metallic Compounds. Part I.,rs The freezing point is below -20°C.
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