Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 215-114-8 | CAS number: 1303-00-0
Manufacture, use & exposure
Article service life
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Service life
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
- Article used by:
- workers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
- Substance intended to be released from article:
- no
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Use of gallium arsenide wafers
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC12a: Processing of articles at industrial sites with low release
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Name of activity / technique:
- Epitaxy
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Cleaning of epitaxial furnaces (equipment)
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: PROC 28
- Name of activity / technique:
- Deposition processes on front side
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Etching
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Material removing processes from backside (e.g. grinding, cutting, polishing)
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Thermal treatment
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 25: Other hot work operations with metals
- Name of activity / technique:
- Separating of small pieces (e.g. sawing, laser cutting, dicing, cleaving, splitting)
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Assembling of components
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 25: Other hot work operations with metals
- Name of activity / technique:
- Repair and maintenance of various clean room equipment
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: PROC 28
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in an own CSR
Service life
- Article used by:
- workers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC1: Manufacture of the substance
Contributing activity / technique for consumers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
Service life
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
- Article used by:
- consumers
- Substance intended to be released from article:
- no
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Service life of articles containing GaAs being encapsulated in the internal part of the product
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC11a: Widespread use of articles with low release (indoor)
Contributing activity / technique for consumers
- Name of activity / technique:
- Handling of electronic articles
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in an own CSR
Service life
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
- Article used by:
- workers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
- Substance intended to be released from article:
- no
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Production of gallium arsenide wafers from ingot
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC12a: Processing of articles at industrial sites with low release
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Name of activity / technique:
- Mechanical treatment of single crystals and wafers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Cleaning of equipment for mechanical treatment
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: PROC 28 : cleaning
- Name of activity / technique:
- Etching
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Polishing
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Name of activity / technique:
- Packaging of wafers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in an own CSR
Service life
- Article used by:
- workers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC1: Manufacture of the substance
Contributing activity / technique for consumers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
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