Acetonitrile: Environmental Health Criteria 154

dc.contributor.author	World Health Organization
dc.contributor.organization	Economy Division
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-19T18:04:33Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-19T18:04:33Z
dc.date.issued	1993
dc.description	Acetonitrile (CH3CN) is a by-product of acrylonitrile manufacture. It may also be formed by the combustion of wood and vegetation. It is a liquid with an ether-like odour. Acetonitrile is a volatile, highly polar solvent used to extract fatty acids and animal and vegetable oils. It is used in the petrochemical industry in extractive distillation based on its selective miscibility with organic compounds. It is used as a solvent for spinning synthetic fibres and in casting and moulding plastics. In laboratories, it is widely used in high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis and as a solvent for DNA synthesis and peptide sequencing.	en
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.isbn	92 4 157154 3
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29461
dc.language	English
dc.page.number	114 p.
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	chemical
dc.subject	environmental health
dc.subject	toxic substance
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.theme	chemistry
dc.subject.theme	chemical pollution
dc.title	Acetonitrile: Environmental Health Criteria 154	en
dc.type	Technical report

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