Substance Identity
CAS Number 13463-39-3
Chemical Name Nickel carbonyl
Type of substance Organometallic
SMILES O#C[Ni](C#O)(C#O)C#O
Moiety of concern Ni
Categorization Results

Meets Government of Canada Categorization Criteria? Yes
Meets Human Health Categorization Criteria? Yes
Meets Environmental Criteria for Categorization? Yes
Persistent (P)? Yes
Bioaccumulative (B)? Not Determined
Inherently Toxic to Aquatic Organisms (iT)? Yes
DSL Quantity range (tonnes/year) >1000T
Basis for Environment Categorization (PiT, BiT, PBiT) if categorized? PiT

Ecological data supporting decisions

Underlying data regarding persistence

Media of concern leading to Categorization Not Applicable
Experimental Biodegradation half-life (days) Not Available
Predicted Ultimate degradation half-life (days) 15
MITI probability of biodegradation 0.089
EPI Predicted Ozone reaction half-life (days) 999,999
EPI Predicted Atmospheric Oxidation half-life (days) 1.966

Underlying data regarding Bioaccumulation

Log Kow predicted by KowWin 5.62
Log BAF T2MTL predicted by Gobas 5.18512372254435
Log BCF 5% T2LTL predicted by Gobas 4.2125670616415
Log BCF Max predicted by OASIS 4.63173398752916
Log BCF predicted by BCFWIN 3.626

Underlying data regarding inherent toxicity to aquatic organisms

Pivotal value for iT (mg/l) 0.075
Experimental result iT (mg/l) 0.075
Test species iT (Latin) Hyallela azteca
Final EndPoint iT LC50
Exposure duration iT (hours) 168
Comment iT tested in 10% Lake Ontario water based on measured concentrations of dissolved metal originating from AA standards and complex metal anions.
Reference iT Unpublished report. NWRI Laboratory. Dr Uwe Borgmann
Toxicity to fish, daphnia, algae or mysid shrimp (EC50 or LC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Ecosar v0.99g 0.053
Chronic toxicity to daphnia or algae (EC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Ecosar v0.99g 0.017
Toxicity to fish (LC50 in mg/l) as predicted by Neutral Organics QSAR in Ecosar v0.99g 1.61E-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

AgencyAssessment
USEPA 1986 Carcinogenicity - Groups B1 and B2
EC Carcinogenicity - Category 3
EC Developmental - Category 2

Underlying data regarding Complex Hazard Assessment