EXH 326: Aroclor 1254 Physical Chemical Environmental Properties CRCnetBASE CRC Press

This document contains detailed chemical and environmental property data for Aroclor 1254, a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture, including its molecular weight, water solubility, vapor pressure, and environmental fate characteristics. It covers sorption coefficients, half-lives in various environmental compartments (water, soil, sediment, biota), and bioconcentration factors in fish and other organisms. The data is compiled from numerous scientific studies published between the 1970s and late 1980s.

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Exhibit 326 (AR 020641–020643) contains reference data entries for Aroclor 1254 (CAS Registry No. 11097-69-1), a polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) mixture with molecular weight 327–328.4 and chlorine content 54%. Data includes water solubility (0.012–0.056 mg/L at 20–25°C), vapor pressure (0.0001–0.043 Pa at 20–38°C), Henry’s Law constants (16.60–82.0 Pa·m³/mol), octanol/water partition coefficient log Kow (6.03–6.72), sorption partition coefficient log Koc (4.74 soil/sediment), bioconcentration factors (log BCF 3.00–6.50 across fish, shellfish, birds, mammals), half-lives in surface water (~10 hours volatilization), and biotransformation/biodegradation rate constants. Sources cited include Mackay, Brinkman & De Kock 1980, Metcalfe et al. 1988, Monsanto 1972/1973, NAS 1979, Mabey et al. 1982, Murphy et al. 1987, Veith et al. 1979, and others. Filed as exhibit in PCHB Third Runway EIS proceedings.

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