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Manufacture, use & exposure

Manufacture

Manufacture

Registration/ Notification status for the use:
use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
Manufacture name:
Manufacture of yttrium metal

Referenceopen allclose all

Name:
Yttrium - boundary composition - powder forms
Type of composition:
boundary composition of the substance
State / form:
solid: particulate/powder
Reference substance:
Yttrium - boundary composition - powder forms
Name:
Yttrium - boundary composition - non-powder forms
Type of composition:
boundary composition of the substance
State / form:
other: Solid: various forms possible (pellets, buttons, bars, irregular, ...)
Reference substance:
Yttrium - boundary composition - non-powder forms
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Name of activity / technique:
Manufacture of yttrium metal, all activities
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC1: Manufacture of the substance
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
Name of activity / technique:
Manufacture of yttrium metal in batch or continuous processes
Process category (PROC):
PROC 1: Chemical production or refinery in closed process without likelihood of exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
PROC 3: Manufacture or formulation in the chemical industry in closed batch processes with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
PROC 4: Chemical production where opportunity for exposure arises
PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
PROC 27b: Production of metal powders (wet processes)
Name of activity / technique:
Unloading and packaging using dedicated or non-dedicated equipment
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
Insignificant exposure via the following route:
oral
Insignificant release via the following route:
soil
Pattern of exposure:
accidental / infrequent