Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 231-818-8 | CAS number: 7757-79-1
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- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
- Name:
- Potassium nitrate
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Reference substance:
- Potassium nitrate
- Article used by:
- workers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 0: Other: Ammunition
- Substance intended to be released from article:
- no
- Name of activity / technique:
- Use of ammunition containing the substance
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC10a: Widespread use of articles with low release (outdoor)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Use of articles containing the substance
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 0: Other: Use of ammunition
- Pattern of exposure:
- accidental / infrequent
Reference
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Contributing activity / technique for workers
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
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC10a: Widespread use of articles with low release (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- 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 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
- PROC 26: Handling of solid inorganic substances at ambient temperature
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):
- ERC10a: Widespread use of articles with low release (outdoor)
Contributing activity / technique for consumers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 2: Machinery, mechanical appliances, electrical/electronic articles
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- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 23: Open processing and transfer operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature
Service life
Service life
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant
- Name:
- Potassium nitrate
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Reference substance:
- Potassium nitrate
- Article used by:
- workers
- Article category (AC):
- AC 0: Other: Ammunition
- Substance intended to be released from article:
- no
- Name of activity / technique:
- Professional and recreational use of articles containing the substance.
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC10a: Widespread use of articles with low release (outdoor)
- ERC11a: Widespread use of articles with low release (indoor)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Use of articles containing the substance
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 21: Low energy manipulation of substances bound in materials and/or articles
- Insignificant exposure via the following route:
- oral
- dermal
- Insignificant release via the following route:
- water
- air
- soil
- Pattern of exposure:
- accidental / infrequent
Reference
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Contributing activity / technique for workers
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