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1,4-Dioxane (/ d aɪ ˈ ɒ k s eɪ n /) is a heterocyclic organic compound, classified as an ether. It is a colorless liquid with a faint sweet odor similar to that of diethyl ether . The compound is often called simply dioxane because the other dioxane isomers ( 1,2- and 1,3- ) are rarely encountered.
People wonder about the health risks they face – from driving on Interstate 4, to sun exposure, to consuming alcohol, to eating bacon and more – but drinking tap water usually isn’t one of ...
Pittsboro says residents with health conditions should drink bottled water, asks for limited water use so it can limit intake from the Haw River. Pittsboro warns residents that 1,4-dioxane could ...
Water samples collected by Pittsboro officials Friday morning show that a slug of 1,4-dioxane is just beginning to reach the town’s drinking water intake on the Haw River.
The following compounds are liquid at room temperature and are completely miscible with water; ... C 4 H 8 O 2: 1,4-Dioxane: 123-91-1 C 2 H 6 O: ethanol: 64-17-5 CH 3 ...
By doing that, Sanford and Seminole County lowered 1,4-dioxane levels in drinking water to about half of the state and federal advisory level – 0.35 parts of the chemical in 1 billion parts of ...
This page contains tables of azeotrope data for various binary and ternary mixtures of solvents. The data include the composition of a mixture by weight (in binary azeotropes, when only one fraction is given, it is the fraction of the second component), the boiling point (b.p.) of a component, the boiling point of a mixture, and the specific gravity of the mixture.
Prior to the release, 1,4-dioxane was measured at 2.4 parts per billion in the Haw, below the Environmental Protection Agency’s health advisory goal of 35 ppb. After the release, The N&O ...