Heavy Tire Tar

Uses at industrial sites

Uses at industrial sites

Registration/ Notification status for the use:

use registered according to REACH Article 17/18

Use name:

Use as Intermediate in the synthesis of carbon black

Reference

Name:

Legal Entity Composition

Type of composition:

legal entity composition of the substance

State / form:

liquid

Related composition:

Boundary Composition

Reference substance:

Legal Entity Composition

Reference substance:

Legal Entity Composition

Reference substance:

Legal Entity Composition

Contributing activity / technique for workers

Contributing activity / technique for workers 1

Name of activity / technique:

Manufacture of carbon black in reactor

Process category (PROC):

PROC 1: Chemical production or refinery in closed process without likelihood of exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions

Contributing activity / technique for workers 2

Name of activity / technique:

Manufacture of carbon black in reactor

Process category (PROC):

PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions

Contributing activity / technique for workers 3

Name of activity / technique:

Unloading of vessels

Process category (PROC):

PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities

Contributing activity / technique for workers 4

Name of activity / technique:

Proc 28: This activity specifically entails the maintenance and cleaning of the process equipment used to contain the substance at the site. Employees are trained how to carry out this activity to ensure that exposures to man and the environment are prevented and/or minimised. The employees are specifically trained on how to drain down and/or flush or purge (e.g. with steam or nitrogen or air) the system prior to equipment break-in or maintenance. Drain-downs are retained in a sealed storage pending disposal or for subsequent recycle. The activity is carried out with extract ventilation to points where emissions occur and/or the operation is undertaken outdoors. Use of adequate PPE is prescribed. Management procedure are in place in the event that any spill occurs; employees are trained to clear the spill immediately using standard operating procedures.

Process category (PROC):

PROC28: Manual maintenance (cleaning and repair) of machinery

Contributing activity / technique for workers 5

Name of activity / technique:

Sampling of raw material and finished product for quality checks in laboratory

PROC 15: Note that this activity is not referring to use of the substance as laboratory chemical, but to quality control work in a laboratory on the substance as produced in the manufacturing plant. Laboratory work is expected to be carried out under local extract ventilation such as in a fume cupboard. Samples and laboratory waste are kept in sealed storage for subsequent recycling or disposal.

Process category (PROC):

PROC 15: Use as laboratory reagent

Sector of end use:

SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)

Substance supplied to that use in form of:

as such