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EC number: 231-141-8 | CAS number: 7440-31-5
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
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Boiling point
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: review article
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- secondary literature
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and refers to secondary literature (highly credible review article).
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 507 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: No further data on results available.
- Conclusions:
- The boiling point of tin was noted as being 2507 °C.
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin was noted as being 2507 °C.
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: review article
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 507 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: No other data on results available.
- Conclusions:
- The boiling point of the substance was stated at 2507 °C .
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin was noted as being 2507 °C
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: safety data sheet
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- abstract
- Remarks:
- Source of data reported in safety data sheet not cited
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 507 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: No other data on results available
- Conclusions:
- The boiling point of the substance was concluded to be 2507 °C.
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin was noted as being 2507 °C
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: Citation of data from a previous publication by the same author
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- documentation insufficient for assessment
- Remarks:
- Insufficient level of detail throughout the publication.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Method from secondary source quoted in publication stated as "Observation of boiling point".
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- > 2 240 - < 2 380 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: No further data on results available.
- Conclusions:
- The range of boiling point for tin was stated to be between 2240 and 2380 °C.
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin was noted as being between 2240 and 2380 °C.
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: review article
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- abstract
- Remarks:
- The publication does not provide sufficient experimental details, and data are only listed in short abstracts as citations.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 260 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: Smithsonian Physical Tables; International Critical tables
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 270 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: Greenwood; Mott; Ruff and Bergdahl
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 440 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: Van Laar
- Conclusions:
- The boiling point of tin ranged between 2260 and 2440 °C.
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin ranged between 2260 and 2440 °C.
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: handbook data
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- secondary literature
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and refers to secondary literature.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No further data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 625 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: No further data on results available.
- Conclusions:
- The boiling point of the test material was reported at 2625 °C
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin was noted as being 2625 °C
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: Secondary, non-peer reviewed data source
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- secondary literature
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and refers to secondary literature.
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 260 °C
- Atm. press.:
- 1 013 hPa
- Conclusions:
- The boiling point of the test material was recorded as 2260 °C
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin was noted as being 2260 °C
- Endpoint:
- boiling point
- Type of information:
- other: Safety data sheet
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- abstract
- Remarks:
- The reference does not give sufficient experimental details and is listed only in short abstract
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- No data available.
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Type of method:
- other: Not reported
- Boiling pt.:
- 2 270 °C
- Remarks on result:
- other: No further data on results available.
- Conclusions:
- The boiling point of the test material was reported as 2270 °C
- Executive summary:
The boiling point of tin was noted as being 2270 °C
Referenceopen allclose all
Secondary references cited as follows
Smithsonian Physical Tables, Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
International Critical Tables; New York, McGraw-Hill book Co., Inc., 1926
Greenwood; Proc Roy Soc (London) 82A, 396 (1909)
Mott; Trans Am electrochem Soc, 34, 255 (1914)
Ruff and Bergdahl, Z anorg allgem Chem, 106, 76 (1919)
Van Laar, Ann Physik (4), 25, 825 (1908)
No further data on results available. Data source stated as Metallo-Chimique n.v. Beerse.
Description of key information
A number of articles in the public domain, published papers and Safety Data Sheets record the boiling point of tin as ranging from 2240-2625 °C .
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Boiling point at 101 325 Pa:
- 2 780 K
Additional information
The boiling point of tin recorded in the articles in the public domain for which legitimate access is available is 2260-2625 °C which almost covers the range of data available and so these values are considered acceptable. A value of 2507 °C (2780 K) has been chosen becasue this value appears most frequently in the available literature. For all intents and purposes the precise boling temperature is largely irrelevant because it has little or no useful applications and never arises in normal operations.
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