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Registration Dossier
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EC number: 200-848-3 | CAS number: 75-20-7
Manufacture, use & exposure
Uses at industrial sites
Documentsopen allclose all
Use in metallurgy - blasts furnace hot metal desulfuriser, foundry iron desulfuriser and steelmaking
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC1: Manufacture of the substance
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Product category used:
- PC 20: Products such as ph-regulators, flocculants, precipitants, neutralisation agents
- PC 0: Other: desulfurising agent
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 23: Open processing and transfer operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 25: Other hot work operations with metals
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Product category used:
- PC 20: Products such as ph-regulators, flocculants, precipitants, neutralisation agents
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Product category used:
- PC 20: Products such as ph-regulators, flocculants, precipitants, neutralisation agents
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
- Name:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: bulk
- Related composition:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- > 65 - < 90 % (w/w)
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Name:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: bulk
- >= 73.5 - <= 89.5 % (w/w)
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Name of activity / technique:
- Use in metallurgy (blast furnace hot metal desulfuriser, foundry iron desulfuriser and steelmaking)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Closed, continuous process in metallurgy
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Name of activity / technique:
- Metallurgical processing
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in a joint CSR
- Route affected:
- air
- Biological Sewage Treatment Plant (STP):
- municipal biological STP
- Particular considerations on the waste treatment operations:
- no
- Release from the site to::
- wastewater
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- Desulfurisation in metallurgy
- Release from the site to::
- ambient air
- Release estimation method:
- ERC
- Release from the site to::
- non-agricultural soil
- Release estimation method:
- ERC
- Physical form of the used product:
- solid (material with high dustiness)
- Place of use:
- indoor
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) long-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) short-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
- Physical form of the used product:
- solid (material with high dustiness)
- Place of use:
- indoor
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) long-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) short-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
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Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the environment (related to workers activities)
Conditions of use for the environment
Amounts used, frequency and duration of use (or from service life)
Other conditions
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
Other technical and organisational conditions
Effectiveness
Conditions and measures related to Biological Sewage Treatment Plant
Conditions and measures related to external treatment of waste (including article waste)
Other conditions affecting environmental exposure
Releases to waste and the environment
Release to the environment
ReleaseEnvirRepopen allclose all
Exposure of the environment
ContribScenWorkersRepopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
TechCondRepopen allclose all
Conditions and measures related to personal protection, hygiene and health evaluation
PPERepopen allclose all
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
ExpEstopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
TechCondRepopen allclose all
Conditions and measures related to personal protection, hygiene and health evaluation
PPERepopen allclose all
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
ExpEstopen allclose all
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC1: Manufacture of the substance
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6a: Use of intermediate
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Product category used:
- PC 19: Intermediate
- Sector of end use:
- SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)
- SU 0: Other: SU 3
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Product category used:
- PC 20: Products such as ph-regulators, flocculants, precipitants, neutralisation agents
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- SU 0: Other: SU 3
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- yes
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6a: Use of intermediate
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Product category used:
- PC 19: Intermediate
- Sector of end use:
- SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- yes
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Product category used:
- PC 20: Products such as ph-regulators, flocculants, precipitants, neutralisation agents
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- yes
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6a: Use of intermediate
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Product category used:
- PC 19: Intermediate
- Sector of end use:
- SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)
- SU 0: Other: SU 3
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
- Name:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: bulk
- Related composition:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- > 65 - < 90 % (w/w)
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Name:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Type of composition:
- legal entity composition of the substance
- State / form:
- solid: bulk
- >= 73.5 - <= 89.5 % (w/w)
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- Reference substance:
- 75-20-7_Calcium Carbide
- This impurity is considered relevant for the classification and labelling of the substance
- Name of activity / technique:
- Industrial use as an intermediate in the production of acetylene and calcium cyanamide
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6a: Use of intermediate
- Name of activity / technique:
- Industrial use as intermediate
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Name of activity / technique:
- Transfer/filling
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Sector of end use:
- SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in a joint CSR
- Route affected:
- air
- Biological Sewage Treatment Plant (STP):
- municipal biological STP
- Particular considerations on the waste treatment operations:
- no
- Release from the site to::
- wastewater
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- Use as intermediate
- Release from the site to::
- ambient air
- Release estimation method:
- ERC
- Release from the site to::
- non-agricultural soil
- Release estimation method:
- ERC
- Physical form of the used product:
- solid (material with high dustiness)
- Place of use:
- indoor
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) long-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) short-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
- Physical form of the used product:
- solid (material with high dustiness)
- Place of use:
- indoor
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) long-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
- Type of exposure:
- inhalation (external) short-term exposure
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- ECETOC TRA workers
Referenceopen allclose all
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the environment (related to workers activities)
Conditions of use for the environment
Amounts used, frequency and duration of use (or from service life)
Other conditions
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
Other technical and organisational conditions
Effectiveness
Conditions and measures related to Biological Sewage Treatment Plant
Conditions and measures related to external treatment of waste (including article waste)
Other conditions affecting environmental exposure
Releases to waste and the environment
Release to the environment
ReleaseEnvirRepopen allclose all
Exposure of the environment
ContribScenWorkersRepopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
TechCondRepopen allclose all
Conditions and measures related to personal protection, hygiene and health evaluation
PPERepopen allclose all
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
ExpEstopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
TechCondRepopen allclose all
Conditions and measures related to personal protection, hygiene and health evaluation
PPERepopen allclose all
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
ExpEstopen allclose all
Uses at industrial sites
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6a: Use of intermediate
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Sector of end use:
- SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6a: Use of intermediate
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Product category used:
- PC 19: Intermediate
- Sector of end use:
- SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Use in metallurgy - blasts furnace hot metal desulfuriser, foundry iron desulfuriser and steelmaking
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC1: Manufacture of the substance
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workers
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting
- Product category used:
- PC 20: Products such as ph-regulators, flocculants, precipitants, neutralisation agents
- PC 0: Other: desulfurising agent
- Sector of end use:
- SU 14: Manufacture of basic metals, including alloys
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
Uses at industrial sites
Contributing activity / technique for the environmentopen allclose all
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC1: Manufacture of the substance
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6a: Use of intermediate
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC6b: Use of reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 2: Chemical production or refinery in closed continuous process with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Product category used:
- PC 19: Intermediate
- Sector of end use:
- SU 8: Manufacture of bulk, large scale chemicals (including petroleum products)
- SU 0: Other: SU 3
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- as such
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
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