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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs; CAS number 1336-36-3 ) are a class of organic compounds with 1 to 10 chlorine atoms attached to biphenyl, which is a molecule composed of two benzene rings. The chemical formula for PCBs is C12H10-xClx. PCBs were widely used for many applications, especially as dielectric fluids in transformers, capacitors, and coolants. Due to PCB's toxicity and classification as a persistent organic pollutant, PCB production was banned by the United States Congress in 1979 and by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001. Concerns about the toxicity of PCBs are largely based on compounds within this group which share a structural similarity and toxic mode of action with dioxin as well as hormone distruption due to similar structure and function of Thyroxine and Estradiol, the main estrogen compound in humans. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , Wikipedia

The only North American producer, Monsanto Company, marketed chemical mixtures of PCBs under the trade name Aroclor from 1930 to 1977. The PCBs mixtures were made up of a variety of individual chlorinated biphenyl components, known as congeners (e.g. 2,2',5-Trichlorobiphenyl). The chemical mixtures were sold under trade names followed by a 4 digit number. The first two digits generally refer to the number of carbon atoms in the biphenyl skeleton (for PCBs this is 12), the second two numbers indicate the percentage of chlorine by mass in the mixture. Thus, Aroclor 1260 has 12 carbon atoms and contains 60% chlorine by mass. An exception is Aroclor 1016, which also has 12 carbon atoms, but has 42% chlorine by mass. Different Aroclors were used at different times and for different applications. In electrical equipment manufacturing in the USA, Aroclor 1260 and Aroclor 1254 were the main mixtures used before 1950, Aroclor 1242 was the main mixture used in the 1950s and 1960s until it was phased out in 1971 and replaced by Aroclor 1016. Source: Regenstrief Help

Basic Part Properties

Part Name
Polychlorinated biphenyl.Aroclor 1242
Part Display Name
Polychlorinated biphenyl.Aroclor 1242
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2010-10-18
Construct for LOINC Short Name
PCB Aroclor1242

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Bifenilo policlorado Aroclor 1242
it-IT Italian (Italy) Bifenile policlorurato.Aroclor 1242
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Poliklorlanmış bifenil.Aroklor 1242
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Полихлорированный бифенил.Арохлор 1242
fr-BE French (Belgium) Polychlorinated biphenyl.Aroclor 1242
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) polygechloreerde bifenyl.Aroclor 1242
zh-CN Chinese (China) 多氯代联苯.氯化三联苯 1242
Synonyms: PCB Aroclor1242;PCB 氯化三联苯 1242;多氯化联二苯.氯化三联苯 1242;多氯化联苯.氯化三联苯 1242;多氯联苯.氯化三联苯 1242
el-GR Greek (Greece) Πολυχλωριωμένο διφαινύλιο. Aroclor 1242
Synonyms: Πολυχλωριωμένο διφαινύλιο. Aroclor 1242