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Sodium hydrogensulphide
EC / List no.: 240-778-0
CAS no.: 16721-80-5
Mol. formula:
Danger! According to the classification provided by companies to ECHA in REACH registrations this substance is toxic if swallowed, causes severe skin burns and eye damage, is very toxic to aquatic life, causes serious eye damage and may be corrosive to metals.
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 formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
This substance is used by consumers, in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
This substance is used in the following products:
laboratory chemicals and
extraction agents.
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),
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).
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
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using this substance. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which this substance is most likely to be released to the environment.
Formulation or re-packing
This substance is used in the following products:
pH regulators and water treatment products,
leather treatment products,
paper chemicals and dyes,
textile treatment products and dyes and
water treatment chemicals.
This substance has
an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates).
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
formulation of mixtures,
manufacturing of the substance,
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates),
as processing aid,
for thermoplastic manufacture and
as processing aid.
Uses at industrial sites
This substance is used in the following products:
pH regulators and water treatment products,
leather treatment products,
paper chemicals and dyes and
textile treatment products and dyes.
This substance has
an industrial use resulting in manufacture of another substance (use of intermediates).
This substance is used in the following areas:
formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
chemicals,
textile, leather or fur,
pulp, paper and paper products,
metals,
rubber products and
plastic products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
as processing aid,
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates),
for thermoplastic manufacture,
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,
formulation of mixtures,
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates),
as processing aid,
for thermoplastic manufacture and
as processing aid.
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about INFOCARD - Last updated: 08/06/2022