Strontium hydrogen phosphate

Hydrolysis

Administrative data

Endpoint:

hydrolysis

Data waiving:

study scientifically not necessary / other information available

Justification for data waiving:

other:

Justification for type of information:

JUSTIFICATION FOR DATA WAIVING
The hydrolysis study as a function of pH (required in section 9.2.2.1.) does not need to be conducted as this study method is not applicable for this inorganic substance.

On contact with water or the aquatic environment, this substance will readily dissociate into its respective ions: strontium cations and hydrogen phosphate anions (also in the performed ecotoxicity studies). A determination of the hydrolysis of the strontium cation and the phosphate anion according to OECD guideline 111 was not conducted since both ions have no potential mechanism for further hydrolysis or degradation. In addition, the current available analytical method is not specific for investigating the formation of any reaction product.

Phosphoric acid is a weak acid that does not fully dissociate in water. Salts containing the anion H2PO4¯ are weakly acidic. When dihydrogen phosphate salt is dissolved in solution, equilibria will establish among the following four species H3PO4 (phosphoric acid itself), H2PO4-1 (dihydrogen phosphate anion), HPO4-2 (hydrogen phosphate anion), and PO4-3 (phosphate anion). The tendency of H2PO4¯ ion to dissociate is greater than its tendency to hydrolyse to HPO4-2. The salts of HPO4-2 are weakly basic, and the tendency of this ion to hydrolyse is greater than its tendency to dissociate. Various phosphate ions maintain a dissociation equilibrium state and are present as dominant phosphorus species in water under the normal environmental conditions.
H3PO4 + H2O < --- > H2PO4¯ + H3O+ pK1 = 2.12
H2PO4¯ + H2O < --- > HPO4-2 + H3O+ pK2 = 7.21
HPO4-2 + H2O < --- > PO4-3 + H3O+ pK3 = 12.44
Monohydrogen and dihydrogen phosphates act as buffer over a pH range of 6 – 8 and have an important biological function in the aquatic environment.
As ions monohydrogen and dihydrogen phosphates are well soluble in water. However, they can be incorporated into either biological solids (e.g., microorganisms) or chemical precipitates and removed from water, such as during formation of insoluble aluminium hydroxidede at a pH value between 6 and 8.