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2-hydroxy-4'-hydroxyethoxy-2-methylpropiophenone

DAROCUR (R) 2959; DAROCUR 2959

EC / List no.: 402-670-3

CAS no.: 106797-53-9

Mol. formula: C12H16O4

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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 ≥ 10 tonnes per annum.

This substance is used in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing and at industrial sites.

This substance is used in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing and at industrial sites.

Consumer Uses

ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment.

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).
This substance can be found in complex articles, with no release intended: Vehicles (e.g. personal vehicles, delivery vans, boats, trains, metro or planes)).
This substance can be found in products with material based on: paper (e.g. tissues, feminine hygiene products, nappies, books, magazines, wallpaper), plastic (e.g. food packaging and storage, toys, mobile phones), metal (e.g. cutlery, pots, toys, jewellery) and wood (e.g. floors, furniture, toys).

Widespread uses by professional workers

This substance is used in the following products: coating products, adhesives and sealants, inks and toners, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, finger paints, paper chemicals and dyes, photo-chemicals, polymers and semiconductors.
ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using this substance. 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.

Formulation or re-packing

This substance is used in the following products: inks and toners, coating products, adhesives and sealants and photo-chemicals.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures.

Uses at industrial sites

This substance is used in the following products: coating products, inks and toners, adhesives and sealants and photo-chemicals.
This substance is used in the following areas: printing and recorded media reproduction, building & construction work and municipal supply (e.g. electricity, steam, gas, water) and sewage treatment.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: plastic products, textile, leather or fur, wood and wood products, pulp, paper and paper products, chemicals, mineral products (e.g. plasters, cement), fabricated metal products, electrical, electronic and optical equipment, machinery and vehicles and furniture.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in the production of articles, as processing aid and in processing aids at industrial sites.

Manufacture

ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment.

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