Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 201-851-2 | CAS number: 88-68-6
Flammability
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
Description of key information
The test item is not a readily combustible solid.
The substance has no pyrophoric properties and does not liberate flammable gases in contact with water.
The substance is not a self-heating substance or mixture.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
Additional information
The test item is not a readily combustible solid in the sense of UN Manual of Test and Criteria, Method N.1 . Due to these results the test item does not have to be classified as "readily combustible solid", class 4.1 of the Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods / Manual of Tests and Criteria. Due to these results the test item does not have to be classified as "flammable solid" according to chapter 2.71 of the GHS (CLP) regulations.
The substance or mixture does not need to be classified as pyrophoric as based on chemical structure pyrophoric properties are not to be expected.
The substance or mixture does not need to be classified as a substance which in contact with water emit flammable gases as based on chemical structure flammability in contact with water is not to be expected.
The substance or mixture does not need to be classified as self-heating as the substance is as the substance is completely molten at 160 °C.
Justification for classification or non-classification
In accordance with Annex I, Section 2.1, Section 2.2, Section 2.3, Section 2.7, Section 2.9, Section 2.10 Section 2.11, Section 2.12 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and UN GHS Rev 6 (2015) the substance has not to be classified as readily combustible solid in class 4 Division 4.1, self-heating substance in Class 4 Division 4.2, substances which in contact with water emit flammable gases in Class 4 Division 4.3, pyrophoric liquid, pyrophoric solid in class 4 Division 4.2, flammable gases in class 2 or as aerosol in class 2.
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