Absolute lethal concentration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000055",
  "term": "Absolute lethal concentration",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "The smallest concentration of a chemical in air or water at which every test organism exposed to it dies within a stated exposure period. Toxicologists write it as LC100 and report it together with the species tested and the exposure duration. It is a stricter endpoint than LC50, the concentration that kills half of an exposed group.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1993, 65, 2003. 'Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 2007 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199365092003)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/absolute-lethal-concentration/"
}