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Tungsten trioxide
EC / List no.: 215-231-4
CAS no.: 1314-35-8
Mol. formula: O3W
This substance is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 10 000 tonnes per annum.
This substance is used by consumers, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
This substance is used by consumers, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
This substance is used in the following products:
coating products.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
indoor use,
outdoor use resulting in inclusion into or onto a materials (e.g. binding agent in paints and coatings or adhesives),
outdoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. metal, wooden and plastic construction and building materials) and
indoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. flooring, furniture, toys, construction materials, curtains, foot-wear, leather products, paper and cardboard products, electronic equipment).
Article service life
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
formulation of mixtures.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. metal, wooden and plastic construction and building materials),
indoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. flooring, furniture, toys, construction materials, curtains, foot-wear, leather products, paper and cardboard products, electronic equipment),
indoor use and
outdoor use resulting in inclusion into or onto a materials (e.g. binding agent in paints and coatings or adhesives).
This substance can be found in complex articles, with no release intended:
vehicles.
This substance can be found in products with material based on:
stone, plaster, cement, glass or ceramic (e.g. dishes, pots/pans, food storage containers, construction and isolation material).
Widespread uses by professional workers
This substance is used in the following products:
coating products,
metals,
metal surface treatment products and
laboratory chemicals.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
mineral products (e.g. plasters, cement),
fabricated metal products and
.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
indoor use,
outdoor use resulting in inclusion into or onto a materials (e.g. binding agent in paints and coatings or adhesives),
outdoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. metal, wooden and plastic construction and building materials) and
indoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. flooring, furniture, toys, construction materials, curtains, foot-wear, leather products, paper and cardboard products, electronic equipment).
Formulation or re-packing
This substance is used in the following products:
laboratory chemicals,
coating products,
textile treatment products and dyes and
pH regulators and water treatment products.
This substance has
an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates).
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
formulation of mixtures,
manufacturing of the substance and
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates).
Uses at industrial sites
This substance is used in the following products:
pH regulators and water treatment products,
metals,
laboratory chemicals,
oil and gas exploration or production products,
lubricants and greases,
polymers and
coating products.
This substance has
an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates).
This substance is used in the following areas:
formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
chemicals,
metals,
,
mineral products (e.g. plasters, cement) and
fabricated metal products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates),
in processing aids at industrial sites,
manufacturing of the substance and
as processing aid.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
manufacturing of the substance,
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates) and
formulation of mixtures.
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