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4-methylpentan-2-one

EC / List no.: 203-550-1

CAS no.: 108-10-1

Mol. formula: C6H12O

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GHS02: Flammable GHS08: Serious Health Hazard GHS07: Health hazard

Danger! According to the harmonised classification and labelling (ATP17) approved by the European Union, this substance is a highly flammable liquid and vapour, causes serious eye irritation, is harmful if inhaled, is suspected of causing cancer and may cause drowsiness or dizziness.

Additionally, the classification provided by companies to ECHA in REACH registrations identifies that this substance may cause respiratory irritation.

  • C

Possibly Carcinogenic

This substance is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 10 000 to < 100 000 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: biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, anti-freeze products, lubricants and greases and washing & cleaning 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) 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: polymers, coating products, heat transfer fluids, hydraulic fluids, pH regulators and water treatment products and laboratory chemicals.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: .
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: coating products, fillers, putties, plasters, modelling clay, pH regulators and water treatment products, water treatment chemicals and oil and gas exploration or production products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures, in processing aids at industrial sites, formulation in materials, manufacturing of the substance, as processing aid and in the production of articles.

Uses at industrial sites

This substance is used in the following products: polymers, coating products, lubricants and greases, water treatment chemicals, heat transfer fluids, hydraulic fluids, pH regulators and water treatment products and laboratory chemicals.
This substance is used in the following areas: formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: , chemicals and rubber products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites, formulation in materials, of substances in closed systems with minimal release, as processing aid and manufacturing of the substance.

Manufacture

Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance, in processing aids at industrial sites, formulation of mixtures, formulation in materials, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates) and as processing aid.

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