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Pentasodium triphosphate

EC / List no.: 231-838-7

CAS no.: 7758-29-4

Mol. formula: Na5O10P3

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According to the notifications provided by companies to ECHA in REACH registrations no hazards have been classified.

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, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.

This substance is used by consumers, 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: washing & cleaning products, perfumes and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products, pH regulators and water treatment products, paper chemicals and dyes and textile treatment products and dyes.
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) and outdoor use.

Article service life

ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.

Widespread uses by professional workers

This substance is used in the following products: water softeners, pH regulators and water treatment products, washing & cleaning products, water treatment chemicals, adhesives and sealants, coating products, metal surface treatment products, inks and toners, metal working fluids, photo-chemicals, polishes and waxes and polymers.
This substance is used in the following areas: health services, municipal supply (e.g. electricity, steam, gas, water) and sewage treatment and building & construction work.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: , metals and fabricated metal 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: washing & cleaning products, water softeners, water treatment chemicals, adhesives and sealants, coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, metal surface treatment products, inks and toners, laboratory chemicals, leather treatment products, lubricants and greases, paper chemicals and dyes, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and personal care products and textile treatment products and dyes.
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: pH regulators and water treatment products, water softeners, washing & cleaning products, water treatment chemicals, metal surface treatment products, leather treatment products, metal working fluids and textile treatment products and dyes.
This substance is used in the following areas: mining and municipal supply (e.g. electricity, steam, gas, water) and sewage treatment.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals, textile, leather or fur, , plastic products, metals, fabricated metal products, electrical, electronic and optical equipment and machinery and vehicles.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: as processing aid, in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), of substances in closed systems with minimal release and as processing aid.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use as processing aid and outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).

Manufacture

Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance.

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