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Methyl-1H-benzotriazole

EC / List no.: 249-596-6

CAS no.: 29385-43-1

Mol. formula:

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Warning! According to the classification provided by companies to ECHA in REACH registrations this substance is toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects, is harmful if swallowed and is suspected of damaging fertility or the unborn child.

  • PBT

Possibly Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic

This substance is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 000 to < 10 000 tonnes per annum.

This substance is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing and at industrial sites.

This substance is used by consumers, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing and at industrial sites.

Consumer Uses

This substance is used in the following products: lubricants and greases, washing & cleaning products, heat transfer fluids, anti-freeze products and coating products.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters), indoor use as processing aid, outdoor use as processing aid and outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).

Article service life

ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.

Widespread uses by professional workers

This substance is used in the following products: lubricants and greases, heat transfer fluids, anti-freeze products and washing & cleaning products.
This substance is used in the following areas: health services.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals and machinery and vehicles.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners), indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters), outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids) and outdoor use as processing aid.

Formulation or re-packing

This substance is used in the following products: lubricants and greases, washing & cleaning products, anti-freeze products, heat transfer fluids and pH regulators and water treatment products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures.

Uses at industrial sites

This substance is used in the following products: lubricants and greases, heat transfer fluids, anti-freeze products, pH regulators and water treatment products and washing & cleaning products.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: machinery and vehicles, fabricated metal products and chemicals.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.

Manufacture

ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment.

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