Biodiesel - derive d Pentaerythritol Lubricant Oil Bases Earthworm Using Toxicity Test

지렁이를 이용한 바이오디젤 유래 펜타에리쓰리톨계 윤활유 베이스의 환경 독성 테스트

Toxicity test fur various synthetic lubricant oil bases derived from biodiesel was carried out. The earthworms(Eisenia fetida) were maintanied in artificial soil consisting of sand for 14 days. Eisenia fetida was cultivated at temperature of $20{\pm}2^{\circ}C$, pH 6.0 $\pm$ 0.5 and moisture of $31\~37\%$. Pentaerythritol(PE) lubricant oil base was tested for acute toxicities to Eisenia fetida. The earthworms were exposed to each lubricant oil with various concentrations of lubricant oil base. After 14 days, the number of surviving earthworms and thier weight alteration during the test period was determined. $LC_{50}$(lethal concentration when $50\%$ of the population were killed) pentaerythritol was determined to be 1,555 mg/kg soil dry weight.

바이오디젤 (지방산 메틸에스테르)을 기반으로 하여 생산된 합성윤활유 베이스에 대한 독성을 분석 평가하였다. OECD 207의 방법에 의거하여 인공토양(artifical soil)에서 300$\~$600 mg의 지렁이를 선별하였다. 0.01, 0.1, 1, 10, 100과 1,000 mg/kg의 각 농도별로 선별된 지렁이를 10마리씩 넣고 수분 $31\~37\%$, 온도 $20{\pm}2^{\circ}C$와 PH 6.0 $\pm$ 0.5를 조절하여 14일간 지렁이의 반수치사농도(lethal concentration when $50\%$ of the population were killed, $LC_{50}$)를 측정하였다. 합성윤활유의 측정 된 반수치사농도($LC_{50}$)는 1,555 mg/kg로 측정되었으며, 유의 확률이 < 0.02로서 유의수준 $5\%$에서 유의함을 알 수 있었다.