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Substance Information
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Potassium formate
EC / List no.: 209-677-9
CAS no.: 590-29-4
Mol. formula: CHKO2
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, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
This substance is used by consumers, in articles, 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:
anti-freeze products,
heat transfer fluids,
water treatment chemicals and
fertilisers.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use and
indoor use as reactive substance.
Article service life
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use as processing aid.
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:
heat transfer fluids,
anti-freeze products,
water treatment chemicals and
laboratory chemicals.
This substance is used in the following areas:
mining.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use,
indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters),
outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids) and
indoor use as reactive substance.
Formulation or re-packing
This substance is used in the following products:
water treatment chemicals,
heat transfer fluids,
anti-freeze products and
lubricants and greases.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
formulation of mixtures,
formulation in materials and
in processing aids at industrial sites.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use as processing aid.
Uses at industrial sites
This substance is used in the following products:
heat transfer fluids,
anti-freeze products,
lubricants and greases and
water treatment chemicals.
This substance is used in the following areas:
mining.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
in processing aids at industrial sites,
formulation of mixtures and
of substances in closed systems with minimal release.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use as processing aid,
indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and
outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids).
Manufacture
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
manufacturing of the substance and
formulation of mixtures.
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