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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has included Boric Acid in the candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), effective from 18 June 2010. It is therefore necessary to check whether there is a duty of notification according to article 33 of Directive 1907/2006/EC (REACH Directive).
Inclusion in the candidate list is relevant to the following products of our delivery program:
| 050151 | Chrome Salt SLOTOCHROM 51 |
| 050153 | Conducting Salt SLOTOCHROM 53 |
| 090307 | Post Dipping Additive METAPAS CC |
| 160000 | Boric Acid |
| 048600 / 048602 |
Nickel Sulphamate MS Solution RFU |
| 048699 | Nickel Sulphamate Plating Solution |
| 110210 | Tin Lead LA Solution |
Boric acid is used as a buffer substance in electroplating processes, e.g. zinc deposition from weakly acidic electrolytes, fluoborate tin lead electrolytes, nickel deposition or chrome deposition from electrolytes based on trivalent chrome salts.
There is no co-deposition of boric acid in the electrodeposited layer, and so there is no duty of notification according to article 33 of Directive 1907/2006/EC (REACH Directive).
Due to the inclusion of Boric Acid in the SVHC candidate list the Schloetter group as the supplier of preparations is obliged to make the corresponding classification in the Material Safety Data Sheet.
For Boric acid a new classification (T, Repro.cat2 : R 60, R61) has been mandated in the 1st adaptation of Regulation 1272/2008/EC. The adaptation is a directly acting regulation (790/2009/EC) becoming effective from 1st Dec 2010.
For reasons of product responsibility Schloetter has already made the new classification of Boric acid according to the 1st ATP (Adaptation to Technical Progress). All additional information, demanded by its inclusion in the SVHC candidate list, is therefore already included in the Material Safety Data Sheet.
| T = | Toxic |
| R 60 = | May impair fertility |
| R 61 = | May cause harm to the unborn child |