Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 202-830-0 | CAS number: 100-21-0
Appearance / physical state / colour
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- appearance / physical state / colour
- Type of information:
- other: information from commercial production process
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Remarks:
- Information contained in an authoritative, standard reference work in industrial chemistry. The author was employed at the Amoco Chemical Company, with direct access to company data/information relevant to the commercial production of terephthalic acid.
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- reference to same study
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- solid
- Form:
- other: Free-flowing powder composed of rounded crystals. Forms needles if crystallised slowly, but these may alter flow characteristics.
- Colour:
- White, when purified to the grade required for use as a polyester feedstock.
- Substance type:
- organic
- Conclusions:
- Terephthalic acid is an organic substance commercially available as a white, free-flowing, crystalline powder.
- Executive summary:
Terephthalic acid is an organic substance commercially available as a white, free-flowing, crystalline powder. The commercial production process typically results in the formation of rounded crystals. Needles may be formed by slow crystallisation, but may alter flow characteristics.
Reference
Description of key information
Terephthalic acid is an organic substance commercially available as a white, free-flowing, crystalline powder. The commercial production process typically results in the formation of rounded crystals. Needles may be formed by slow crystallisation, but may alter flow characteristics.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- solid
- Form:
- solid: particulate/powder
- Colour:
- colourless
- white
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