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Benzene, mono-C10-13-alkyl derivs., distn. residues

EC / List no.: 284-660-7

CAS no.: 84961-70-6

Mol. formula:

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GHS08: Serious Health Hazard

Danger! According to the classification provided by companies to ECHA in REACH registrations this substance may be fatal if swallowed and enters airways.

  • 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 ≥ 10 000 to < 100 000 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: washing & cleaning products, lubricants and greases and fuels.
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), outdoor use, outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids) and indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters).

Article service life

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) and outdoor use in long-life materials with high release rate (e.g. tyres, treated wooden products, treated textile and fabric, brake pads in trucks or cars, sanding of buildings (bridges, facades) or vehicles (ships)).
This substance can be found in products with material based on: rubber (e.g. tyres, shoes, toys).

Widespread uses by professional workers

This substance is used in the following products: lubricants and greases, washing & cleaning products, polishes and waxes, adhesives and sealants, heat transfer fluids and biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products).
This substance is used in the following areas: agriculture, forestry and fishing, formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging and mining.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals and plastic products.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: outdoor use, indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).

Formulation or re-packing

This substance is used in the following products: polymers, polishes and waxes, adhesives and sealants, lubricants and greases, heat transfer fluids, metal working fluids, washing & cleaning products, non-metal-surface treatment products and leather treatment products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures, formulation in materials, manufacturing of the substance, in processing aids at industrial sites, in the production of articles, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), as processing aid and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: outdoor use as processing aid.

Uses at industrial sites

This substance is used in the following products: lubricants and greases, heat transfer fluids, washing & cleaning products, metal working fluids, fuels, non-metal-surface treatment products, polymers, coating products, inks and toners, extraction agents and polishes and waxes.
This substance is used in the following areas: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites, of substances in closed systems with minimal release, in the production of articles and as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates).

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), formulation of mixtures, formulation in materials, in processing aids at industrial sites, in the production of articles, as processing aid and of substances in closed systems with minimal release.

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