Benzotriazole
formula: C6H5N3 ; CAS Registry Number: 95-14-7
UV stabilizers in plastics
Phenolic benzotriazoles are widely applied as UV stabilizers in plastics and to some extent also in cosmetics and sun screens. Many phenolic benzotriazoles are highly lipophilic compounds and exhibit a high sorption and bioaccumulation potential.
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Substances
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UV-320UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-329UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-350UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-328UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-327UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-928UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-360UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-326UV stabilizer in plastics
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UV-234UV stabilizer in plastics
Specimen
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Bioindicator in rivers and lakes
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Fine insoluble mineral or organic particles in the water phase
Sampling area
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Important, old-industrialised conurbation in Germany.
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Longest river in Germany
Sampling period
1995 - 2013
Extended information
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Literature
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Benzotriazole UV stabilizers in sediments, suspended particulate matter and fish of German rivers: New insights into occurrence, time trends and persistency
Wick, Arne; Jacobs, Björn; Kunkel, Uwe; Peter Heininger, Peter; Ternes, Thomas A.
Environmental Pollution 212 (2016), 401–412; available online 11 February 2016, 2016
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Phenol-Benzotriazole in Proben der Umweltprobenbank - Screening und Zeitreihen
Wick, Arne; Jacobs, Björn; Ternes, Thomas A.
Koblenz: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde, 2016. - 61, 2016