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Iron hydroxide oxide yellow
This substance is identified in the Colour Index by Colour Index Constitution Number, C.I. 77492.
EC / List no.: 257-098-5
CAS no.: 51274-00-1
Mol. formula:
This substance is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 100 000 to < 1 000 000 tonnes per annum.
This substance is used by consumers, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
This substance is used by consumers, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
This substance is used in the following products:
coating products,
fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay,
non-metal-surface treatment products,
laboratory chemicals,
metal surface treatment products and
inks and toners.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners),
outdoor use and
indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters).
Article service life
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
industrial abrasion processing with low release rate (e.g. cutting of textile, cutting, machining or grinding of metal).
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
indoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. flooring, furniture, toys, construction materials, curtains, foot-wear, leather products, paper and cardboard products, electronic equipment) and
outdoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. metal, wooden and plastic construction and building materials).
This substance can be found in complex articles, with no release intended:
machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical/electronic products (e.g. computers, cameras, lamps, refrigerators, washing machines) and
vehicles.
This substance can be found in products with material based on:
paper (e.g. tissues, feminine hygiene products, nappies, books, magazines, wallpaper),
fabrics, textiles and apparel (e.g. clothing, mattress, curtains or carpets, textile toys),
leather (e.g. gloves, shoes, purses, furniture),
stone, plaster, cement, glass or ceramic (e.g. dishes, pots/pans, food storage containers, construction and isolation material),
plastic (e.g. food packaging and storage, toys, mobile phones),
rubber (e.g. tyres, shoes, toys) and
metal (e.g. cutlery, pots, toys, jewellery).
Widespread uses by professional workers
This substance is used in the following products:
coating products,
non-metal-surface treatment products,
fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay,
metal surface treatment products and
adsorbents.
This substance is used in the following areas:
building & construction work and
printing and recorded media reproduction.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
furniture,
plastic products,
pulp, paper and paper products,
wood and wood products,
chemicals,
mineral products (e.g. plasters, cement) and
rubber products.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners),
outdoor use,
indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters) and
outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).
Formulation or re-packing
This substance is used in the following products:
coating products,
fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay and
finger paints.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
formulation of mixtures and
formulation in materials.
Uses at industrial sites
This substance is used in the following products:
paper chemicals and dyes,
leather treatment products and
textile treatment products and dyes.
This substance is used in the following areas:
formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging and
printing and recorded media reproduction.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
pulp, paper and paper products,
chemicals,
textile, leather or fur,
wood and wood products and
plastic products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
in the production of articles,
of substances in closed systems with minimal release,
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates),
in processing aids at industrial sites and
as processing aid.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
manufacturing of the substance,
formulation of mixtures,
formulation in materials,
in the production of articles and
industrial abrasion processing with low release rate (e.g. cutting of textile, cutting, machining or grinding of metal).
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
indoor use,
outdoor use resulting in inclusion into or onto a materials (e.g. binding agent in paints and coatings or adhesives),
indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters),
outdoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. metal, wooden and plastic construction and building materials) and
indoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. flooring, furniture, toys, construction materials, curtains, foot-wear, leather products, paper and cardboard products, electronic equipment).
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