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Registration Dossier
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EC number: 231-143-9 | CAS number: 7440-33-7
Manufacture, use & exposure
Uses by professional workers
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Uses by professional workers
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC10a: Widespread use of articles with low release (outdoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC11a: Widespread use of articles with low release (indoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal.
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of tungsten-containing alloys
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8b: Widespread use of reactive processing aid (no inclusion into or onto article, indoor)
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of tungsten-containing alloys
- Process category (PROC):
- 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 5: Mixing or blending in batch processes
- PROC 13: Treatment of articles by dipping and pouring
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- PROC 23: Open processing and transfer operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature
- PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- PROC 25: Other hot work operations with metals
- Product category used:
- PC 7: Base metals and alloys
- PC 21: Laboratory chemicals
- PC 33: Semiconductors
- PC 38: Welding and soldering products, flux products
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- SU 15: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
- SU 16: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, electrical equipment
- SU 17: General manufacturing, e.g. machinery, equipment, vehicles, other transport equipment
- SU 0: Other: SU 22
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal.
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of tungsten products
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8b: Widespread use of reactive processing aid (no inclusion into or onto article, indoor)
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of tungsten products
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 7: Industrial spraying
- PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
- PROC 14: Tabletting, compression, extrusion, pelletisation, granulation
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- PROC 23: Open processing and transfer operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature
- PROC 25: Other hot work operations with metals
- PROC 26: Handling of solid inorganic substances at ambient temperature
- Product category used:
- PC 7: Base metals and alloys
- PC 14: Metal surface treatment products
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- SU 15: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
- SU 17: General manufacturing, e.g. machinery, equipment, vehicles, other transport equipment
- SU 19: Building and construction work
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC10a: Widespread use of articles with low release (outdoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC11a: Widespread use of articles with low release (indoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal.
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
- Name:
- tungsten
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Reference substance:
- tungsten
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten containing articles
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten containing articles
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten containing articles
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal.
- Product category used:
- PC 7: Base metals and alloys
- PC 14: Metal surface treatment products
- PC 21: Laboratory chemicals
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in a joint CSR
Reference
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
Contributing activity / technique for workers
Uses by professional workers
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal.
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of welding consumables
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- ERC9a: Widespread use of functional fluid (indoor)
- ERC9b: Widespread use of functional fluid (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of welding consumables
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 25: Other hot work operations with metals
- Product category used:
- PC 38: Welding and soldering products, flux products
- Sector of end use:
- SU 15: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten containing articles
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten containing articles
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten containing articles
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal.
- Product category used:
- PC 7: Base metals and alloys
- PC 14: Metal surface treatment products
- PC 21: Laboratory chemicals
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in a joint CSR
Uses by professional workers
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten-containing articles
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten-containing articles
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten-containing articles
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal.
- Product category used:
- PC 7: Base metals and alloys
- PC 14: Metal surface treatment products
- PC 21: Laboratory chemicals
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in a joint CSR
Uses by professional workers
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Handling of articles by professionnal workers
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8a: Widespread use of non-reactive processing aid (no inclusion into or onto article, indoor)
- ERC8b: Widespread use of reactive processing aid (no inclusion into or onto article, indoor)
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- ERC8d: Widespread use of non-reactive processing aid (no inclusion into or onto article, outdoor)
- ERC8e: Widespread use of reactive processing aid (no inclusion into or onto article, outdoor)
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
- ERC9a: Widespread use of functional fluid (indoor)
- ERC9b: Widespread use of functional fluid (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Name of activity / technique:
- Handling of articles by professionnal workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 13: Treatment of articles by dipping and pouring
- PROC 14: Tabletting, compression, extrusion, pelletisation, granulation
- Product category used:
- PC 7: Base metals and alloys
- Sector of end use:
- SU 18: Manufacture of furniture
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Uses by professional workers
- Name:
- tungsten
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Reference substance:
- tungsten
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of tungsten-containing alloys
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional use of tungsten-containing alloys
- Process category (PROC):
- 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 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- PROC 23: Open processing and transfer operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature
- PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- PROC 25: Other hot work operations with metals
- Product category used:
- PC 7: Base metals and alloys
- PC 33: Semiconductors
- PC 38: Welding and soldering products, flux products
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- SU 15: Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
- SU 16: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, electrical equipment
- SU 17: General manufacturing, e.g. machinery, equipment, vehicles, other transport equipment
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
Reference
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Contributing activity / technique for workers
Uses by professional workers
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten-containing articles
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC8c: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (indoor)
- ERC8f: Widespread use leading to inclusion into/onto article (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Name of activity / technique:
- General use of tungsten-containing articles
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of tools with components containing tungsten metal
- Sector of end use:
- SU 0: Other: Professional uses (previously identified as SU 22)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant to this use:
- yes
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