This substance is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 000 000 to < 10 000 000 tonnes per annum.

This substance is used by consumers, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.

Biocidal Uses

This substance is approved for use as a biocide in the EEA and/or Switzerland, for: human hygiene, disinfection, veterinary hygiene, food and animals feeds, drinking water, product preservation.

This substance is being reviewed for use as a biocide in the EEA and/or Switzerland, for: preservation for liquid systems, controlling slimes.

This substance is used by consumers, in articles, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.

Consumer Uses

This substance is used in the following products: cosmetics and personal care products, washing & cleaning products, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), pH regulators and water treatment products, textile treatment products and dyes and water treatment chemicals.
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), outdoor use, 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

Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: 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).
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.

Widespread uses by professional workers

This substance is used in the following products: cosmetics and personal care products, washing & cleaning products, pH regulators and water treatment products, laboratory chemicals, water treatment chemicals, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), fertilisers, leather treatment products, lubricants and greases and textile treatment products and dyes.
This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals, food products, textile, leather or fur, wood and wood products and pulp, paper and paper products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites and as processing aid.
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), outdoor use, 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).

Formulation or re-packing

This substance is used in the following products: cosmetics and personal care products, adhesives and sealants, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), fertilisers, metal surface treatment products, non-metal-surface treatment products, laboratory chemicals, metal working fluids, plant protection products, pharmaceuticals, polishes and waxes, polymers, textile treatment products and dyes, washing & cleaning products and water treatment chemicals.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures, manufacturing of the substance, in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), as processing aid and for thermoplastic manufacture.

Uses at industrial sites

This substance is used in the following products: metal surface treatment products, pH regulators and water treatment products, semiconductors, metal working fluids, laboratory chemicals, biocides (e.g. disinfectants, pest control products), leather treatment products, lubricants and greases, 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).
This substance is used for the manufacture of: chemicals, electrical, electronic and optical equipment, metals, fabricated metal products, machinery and vehicles, rubber products, plastic products, food products, textile, leather or fur and pulp, paper and paper products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: as processing aid, in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), for thermoplastic manufacture, of substances in closed systems with minimal release and manufacturing of the substance.

Manufacture

Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance, in processing aids at industrial sites, as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates), as processing aid, formulation of mixtures and for thermoplastic manufacture.