Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 231-512-4 | CAS number: 7601-90-3
Appearance / physical state / colour
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- appearance / physical state / colour
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: No test substance information, no guideline, secondary literature, but reference handbook.
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- No information
- Author:
- Budavari S
- Year:
- 2 001
- Bibliographic source:
- Merck Index 13th Ed. Edited by S Budavari et al. Merck & Co, Inc, USA. Publisher: Merck Research Laboratories Division of Merck & Co, Inc, Whitehouse Station, NJ.
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- No information
- Author:
- Gangolli S
- Year:
- 1 999
- Bibliographic source:
- The dictionary of substances and their effects, 2nd ed. Vol. 6. Edited by Gangolli S and Richardson M. Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry; 2Rev Ed edition, Milton Road, Cambridge, UK.
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- No information
- Author:
- Lewis RJ
- Year:
- 1 996
- Bibliographic source:
- Sax's Dangerous properties of Industrial Materials. Ninth Edition. Vol. III. Edited and published by: Van Nostrand Reinhold. New York, NY.
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline required
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Perchloric acid
- EC Number:
- 231-512-4
- EC Name:
- Perchloric acid
- Cas Number:
- 7601-90-3
- Molecular formula:
- ClHO4
- IUPAC Name:
- perchloric acid
- Details on test material:
- no data
Constituent 1
Results and discussion
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- liquid
Form / colour / odour
- Colour:
- Colourless
- Odour:
- odourless
- Substance type:
- inorganic
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- Perchloric acid is a colorless and odorless liquid, very hygroscopic and with a very low pH (< 1).
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