Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 205-488-0 | CAS number: 141-53-7
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Description of key information
Hydrolysis
Besides being readily biodegradable, sodium formate dissociates in water to sodium ion and formate ion.
Both of these are considered stable in water. A carboxylic acid is generally the final product of hydrolysis reactions (Lyman, 1990).
No testing is required because the material is a salt that
is known to dissociate (hydrolyze) in water upon
dissolution. Testing is considered impossible based on
chemical principles as the anticipated concentration of
undissociated material is near zero.In accordance with column 2 of REACH
Annex VII, the study does not need to be performed if the substance is
readily biodegradable. Sodium formate is readily biodegradable (KM Lab,
1998).
Phototransformation in soil
Since sodium formate is not volatile, the only potential photolytic reaction that needs to be considered is direct photolysis at the earth's surface. Direct photolysis is not possible because this material does not have a chromophore absorbing at a wavelength of 290 nm or above, and the presence of such a chromophore is a necessary condition for photolysis.
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