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Title: Acute toxicity of hydrazine hydrate to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and daphnid (Daphnia pulex)

Abstract

Utilities that depend on steam generation for the production of electricity have benefitted greatly from the use of hydrazine (H/sub 2/NNH/sub 2/). The chemical is a strong antioxidant that reacts with oxygen in water to form water and nitrogen gas. Deoxygenated boiler water helps reduce oxidation inside boilers and steam systems, thereby increasing their efficiency and longevity. Idle boilers are protected with layup solutions of hydrazine in concentrations as high as 200 mg/L. Hydrazine may enter the aquatic environment as controlled industrial discharge or as a result of an accidental spill. Data on the aquatic toxicity of hydrazine hydrate, however, are lacking. This paper addresses the acute toxicity of hydrazine hydrate to a freshwater fish (fathead minnow, Pimephalas promelas) and invertebrate (daphnid, Daphnia pulex).

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Duke Power Co., Huntersville, NC
OSTI Identifier:
6001016
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 33:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; DAPHNIA; BEHAVIOR; FISHES; HYDRAZINE; TOXICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STEAM GENERATORS; WASTE WATER; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTHROPODS; BOILERS; BRANCHIOPODS; CRUSTACEANS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INVERTEBRATES; LIQUID WASTES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; VAPOR GENERATORS; VERTEBRATES; WASTES; WATER; 200200* - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Waste Management; 560305 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987); 560304 - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987)

Citation Formats

Velte, J S. Acute toxicity of hydrazine hydrate to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and daphnid (Daphnia pulex). United States: N. p., 1984. Web. doi:10.1007/BF01625590.
Velte, J S. Acute toxicity of hydrazine hydrate to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and daphnid (Daphnia pulex). United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625590
Velte, J S. 1984. "Acute toxicity of hydrazine hydrate to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and daphnid (Daphnia pulex)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625590.
@article{osti_6001016,
title = {Acute toxicity of hydrazine hydrate to the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) and daphnid (Daphnia pulex)},
author = {Velte, J S},
abstractNote = {Utilities that depend on steam generation for the production of electricity have benefitted greatly from the use of hydrazine (H/sub 2/NNH/sub 2/). The chemical is a strong antioxidant that reacts with oxygen in water to form water and nitrogen gas. Deoxygenated boiler water helps reduce oxidation inside boilers and steam systems, thereby increasing their efficiency and longevity. Idle boilers are protected with layup solutions of hydrazine in concentrations as high as 200 mg/L. Hydrazine may enter the aquatic environment as controlled industrial discharge or as a result of an accidental spill. Data on the aquatic toxicity of hydrazine hydrate, however, are lacking. This paper addresses the acute toxicity of hydrazine hydrate to a freshwater fish (fathead minnow, Pimephalas promelas) and invertebrate (daphnid, Daphnia pulex).},
doi = {10.1007/BF01625590},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6001016}, journal = {Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 33:5,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1984},
month = {Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1984}
}