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Reference
Endpoint:
flammable solids
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
supporting study
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
guideline study
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
EU Method A.10 (Flammability (Solids))
Version / remarks:
2008
Deviations:
no
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
other: Recommendations on the TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS: Manual of Tests and Criteria, 7“ edition, New York and Geneva, 2019: Class 4, Division 4.1: Readily Combustible Solids, Test N.1
Version / remarks:
2019
Deviations:
no
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
other: VDI 2263, sheet 1
Version / remarks:
1990
Deviations:
no
GLP compliance:
not specified
Key result
Test procedure:
burning rate test: preliminary screening test
Remarks on result:
substance does not ignite and propagate combustion either by burning with flame or smouldering along 200 mm of the powder train within the 2 minutes test period

Preliminary Test

The test item did not ignite at room temperature using a flame as ignition source being applied for at least 2 minutes.

Main Test

In the preliminary test the test item could not be ignited by a flame. Thus, the performance of the main test was not necessary. The test item Zinc bisglycinate could not be ignited applying a flame as ignition source for at least 2 minutes. The test item is classified as follows:

UN Transport Regulation: The product has not to be classified as readily combustible solid in class 4.1 according to the UN Transport Regulation.

GHS (CLP Regulation EC 1272/2008: Annex 1: 2.7): The product has not to be classified as flammable solid according to GHS l CLP Regulation EC 1272/2008 Annex 1: 2.7.

Interpretation of results:
not classified based on GHS criteria
Conclusions:
Not classified as flammable according to Regulation (EU) No. 1272/2008 (CLP) and the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
Executive summary:

The flammability of Zinc bisglycinate was determined in a test conducted accoding to EU-Method A 10.

In the preliminary test the test item could not be ignited by a flame. Thus, the performance of the main test was not necessary. The test item Zinc bisglycinate could not be ignited applying a flame as ignition source for at least 2 minutes.

Thus, the test item is classified as follows:

UN Transport Regulation: The product has not to be classified as readily combustible solid in class 4.1 according to the UN Transport Regulation.

GHS (CLP Regulation EC 1272/2008: Annex 1: 2.7): The product has not to be classified as flammable solid according to GHS l CLP Regulation EC 1272/2008 Annex 1: 2.7.

Description of key information

According to Regulation (EU) No. 1272/2008 (CLP), Annex I, section 2.7.1.1. a flammable solid means a solid which is readily combustible, or may cause or contribute to fire through friction. The flammability test does not need to be conducted because the test substance consists of an metal cation, sulfate and the amino acid glycine. The inorganic components copper and sulfate are not flammable. The organic constituent glycine is not considered to be flammable because the substance does not melt and decomposes above 233 °C (CRC handbook of Chemistry and Physics). Furthermore, there is no hint on flammability described the melting point study, but the substance undergoes decomposition. Based on the available data on the organic constituent glycine and the proof of non-flammability of a similar organometallic complex, namely zinc bisglycinate, the substance copper monoglycinate sulfate is not considered to be readily flammable and thus, testing was omitted.

Key value for chemical safety assessment

Flammability:
not classified

Additional information

Justification for classification or non-classification

The flammability of zinc bisglycinate was determined in a test conducted accoding to EU-Method A 10.


In the preliminary test the test item could not be ignited by a flame. Thus, the performance of the main test was not necessary. The test item Zinc bisglycinate could not be ignited applying a flame as ignition source for at least 2 minutes.


UN Transport Regulation: The product has not to be classified as readily combustible solid in class 4.1 according to the UN Transport Regulation.


GHS (CLP Regulation EC 1272/2008: Annex 1: 2.7): The product has not to be classified as flammable solid according to GHS l CLP Regulation EC 1272/2008 Annex 1: 2.7.


Non-flammable zinc bisglycinate contains zinc and two glycine molecules. Copper as a cation is not flammable. Therefore, the target substance copper monoglycinate sulfate, which contains one molecule glycine and sulfate, is expected to be not flammable, either.