Yttrium trifluoride

Manufacture

Manufacture

Registration/ Notification status for the use:

use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported <10tonnes/year per registrant

Manufacture name:

Manufacture of yttrium trifluoride

Reference

Name:

yttrium trifluoride - boundary composition

Type of composition:

boundary composition of the substance

State / form:

solid: particulate/powder

Reference substance:

yttrium trifluoride - boundary composition

Contributing activity / technique for the environment

Name of activity / technique:

Manufacture of yttrium trifluoride, all activities

Environmental release category (ERC):

ERC1: Manufacture of the substance

Contributing activity / technique for workers

Contributing activity / technique for workers 1

Name of activity / technique:

Manufacture of yttrium trifluoride, manufacturing process (including calcination)

Process category (PROC):

PROC 3: Manufacture or formulation in the chemical industry in closed batch processes with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions

PROC 22: Potentially closed processing operations with minerals/metals at elevated temperature. Industrial setting

Contributing activity / technique for workers 2

Name of activity / technique:

Milling

Process category (PROC):

PROC 24: High (mechanical) energy work-up of substances bound in materials and/or articles

Contributing activity / technique for workers 3

Name of activity / technique:

Unloading and packaging using non-dedicated equipment.

Process category (PROC):

PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities

Insignificant exposure via the following route:

oral

inhalatory

Insignificant release via the following route:

air

soil

Pattern of exposure:

accidental / infrequent