Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 200-817-4 | CAS number: 74-87-3
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: data from handbook or collection of data
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals.
- Author:
- Budavari, S. (ed.).
- Year:
- 1 996
- Bibliographic source:
- Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., p. 1033
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- METHYL CHLORIDE CASRN: 74-87-3
- Author:
- Hazardous Substances Data Bank
- Year:
- 2 009
- Bibliographic source:
- Hazardous Substances Databank Number: 883
Materials and methods
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- on the basis of public available peer reviewed source
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Chloromethane
- EC Number:
- 200-817-4
- EC Name:
- Chloromethane
- Cas Number:
- 74-87-3
- Molecular formula:
- CH3Cl
- IUPAC Name:
- chloromethane
- Details on test material:
- Analytical purity: no data
Constituent 1
Results and discussion
- Physical state at 20°C and 1013 hPa:
- gaseous
Form / colour / odour
- Colour:
- colourless
- Substance type:
- organic
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Executive summary:
At room temperature chloromethane is a colourless gas;
Merck Index, 1996
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