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About Benz(a)anthracene

Chemical Names:Benz[a]anthracene; Tetraphene; 1,2-Benzanthracene; 56-55-3; Benzanthrene; Benzo[a]anthracene   More…
Molecular Formula:C18H12
Molecular Weight:228.294 g/mol
  
Substance Registry:FDA UNII
Safety Summary:Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary (LCSS)

Benz[a]anthracene is a crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of four fused benzene rings, produced by incomplete combustion of organic matter. Benz(a)anthracene is primarily found in gasoline and diesel exhaust, tobacco and cigarette smoke, coal tar and coal tar pitch, coal combustion emissions, charcoal-broiled foods, amino acids, fatty acids and carbohydrate pyrolysis products, wood and soot smoke, and creosote, asphalt and mineral oils. This substance is used only for research purposes. Benz(a)anthracene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen. (NCI05)
Source: NCIt
URL: https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=NCI_Thesaurus&code=C44334
Description: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt) provides reference terminology for many systems. It covers vocabulary for clinical care, translational and basic research, and public information and administrative activities.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Colorless leaflets or plates or coarse gold powder with a greenish-yellow fluorescence. May reasonably be expected to be a carcinogen.

Source: CAMEO Chemicals

Record Name: BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE
URL: https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/16171
 
 

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Benzaanthracene molecule
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