Chemicals and chemistry
There are tens of thousands of different chemicals in use around the world. Some have been used for decades, others are very new. Click for information on Green Chemistry or Chemical Hazards.
Below are links to databases providing more infomation on specific chemicals:
Chemfinder
The Chemfinder database is one of the most reliable ways to convert a chemical name (even many trade names) into a Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) number (a numerical system for identifying chemicals); it also gives you the chemical structure, synonyms, and links to information on properties and regulations (mainly North American):
European Chemical Substances Information System
The European Chemicals Bureau, which administers the European Union's chemical regulatory system, provides a web-database of all the chemicals in the current European regulatory system. For several thousand substances this database includes the agreed EU Classification and Labeling; the risk assessments are also available for those substances that have undergone Risk Assessment in the Existing Substances process:
- European Chemical Substances Information System
- You can search this database on substance name, CAS number and EC# (an EU numbering system)
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