TY - JOUR A1 - Wilrich, Cordula A1 - Brandes, E. A1 - Michael-Schulz, Heike A1 - Schröder, Volkmar A1 - Schwarz, Silke T1 - Classification of chemicals according to UN-GHS and EU-CLP: A review of physical hazard classes and their intricate interfaces to transport and former EU legislation JF - Open science journal N2 - The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UN-GHS) is being implemented in more and more countries all over the world; the EU has done so with the CLP-Regulation (EU-CLP). Compared to the undeniably important questions on health and environmental hazards, the classification of physical hazards of chemicals often has not been in the focus, although their implementation can be challenging and there are traps and pitfalls to be avoided. The following overview of the classification systematics for physical hazards aims at a principle understanding without detailing all criteria or test methods. Similarities and differences between the classification systems of the UN-GHS and EU-CLP, the transport of dangerous goods and the former EU system are reviewed with regard to the physical hazard classes. Available physical hazard classifications for the transport of dangerous goods and according to the former EU system can be used as available information when classifying according to the GHS. However, the interfaces of these classification systems and their limitations have to be understood well when concluding on GHS/CLP classifications. This applies not only to industry when applying CLP but especially to legislators when adapting legislation that in one way or another refers to the classification of chemicals. KW - Chemicals classification KW - Globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals KW - Hazardous chemicals KW - Physical hazards KW - UN-GHS KW - EU-CLP KW - CLP-regulation PY - 2018 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-450012 UR - https://osjournal.org/ojs/index.php/OSJ/article/view/1389 DO - https://doi.org/10.23954/osj.v3i2.1389 SN - 2466-4308 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 24 PB - NVO Start CY - Temerin AN - OPUS4-45001 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krösche, C. A1 - Malow, Marcus A1 - Budde, K. T1 - False-Positive Results of UN Test O.2 Liquid Oxidizer Test of Polychlorosilanes JF - Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries N2 - According to UN Test O.2, surprisingly, the polychlorosilanes hexachlorodisilane (HCDS), octachlorotrisilane (OCTS) and decachlorotetrasilane (DCTS) formally fulfill the criteria of the “test for oxidizing liquids”. This result is in contrast to the properties of polychlorosilanes that are described in the literature and those we have experienced in our own production. By investigating the reaction products from the UN O.2 test reactor, using IR, Raman and XPS spectroscopy, it was shown that the results are not due to oxidizing properties of HCDS, OCTS or DCTS, but are caused by the specified test substance cellulose. To our knowledge, this is the very first substance class in which the reference substance oxidizes the test sample, instead of vice versa. This represents an important limitation of the internationally used UN Test O.2 for this substance class. The cause for this false-positive result is the known high degree of affinity of oxygen to silicon. It is shown that the correctly executed UN Test O.2 produces false-positive results and that the polychlorosilanes do not have an oxidizing effect and, therefore, do not have to be classified as “oxidizing substances”. KW - Polychlorosilanes KW - UN Test O.2 KW - Hexachlorodisilane KW - Octachlortrisilane KW - Decachlorotetrasilane KW - False-positive results PY - 2020 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-523989 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2021.104434 VL - 70 SP - 104434 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-52398 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -