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Substance Information
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Humic acids, potassium salts
EC / List no.: 271-030-1
CAS no.: 68514-28-3
Mol. formula: C71H42K4N4O33
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, by professional workers (widespread uses), in formulation or re-packing, at industrial sites and in manufacturing.
This substance is used by consumers, 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:
fertilisers.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use and
indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners).
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
This substance is used in the following products:
fertilisers.
This substance is used in the following areas:
agriculture, forestry and fishing and
formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from:
outdoor use,
outdoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. hydraulic liquids in automotive suspension, lubricants in motor oil and break fluids),
indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and
indoor use in close systems with minimal release (e.g. cooling liquids in refrigerators, oil-based electric heaters).
Formulation or re-packing
This substance is used in the following products:
fertilisers.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
formulation of mixtures and
manufacturing of the substance.
Uses at industrial sites
This substance is used in the following products:
adsorbents and
fertilisers.
This substance is used in the following areas:
mining,
agriculture, forestry and fishing and
formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
This substance is used for the manufacture of:
mineral products (e.g. plasters, cement) and
chemicals.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
in processing aids at industrial sites,
of substances in closed systems with minimal release and
as an intermediate step in further manufacturing of another substance (use of intermediates).
Manufacture
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use:
manufacturing of the substance and
formulation of mixtures.
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