A toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin detected in domestic meat and poultry.
ChEBI: 1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzodioxin is a polychlorinated dibenzodioxine.
1,2,3,6,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN is the type of compound that is extremely stable, even on heating to 1292° F. Solutions of 1,2,3,6,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN may be sensitive to light. Solutions of this type of compound in methanol are degraded by exposure to summer sunlight or irradiation with an ultraviolet lamp (300 nm).
Flash point data for 1,2,3,6,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN are not available; however, 1,2,3,6,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN is probably combustible.
