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The MAK Collection for Occupational Health and Safety

German Research Foundation – Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area
(MAK Commission)

ISSN 2509-2383



Komponenten von Kühlschmierstoffen, Hydraulikflüssigkeiten und anderen Schmierstoffen

MAK-Begründung

  Andrea Hartwig1 (Vorsitz der Ständigen Senatskommission zur Prüfung gesundheitsschädlicher Arbeitsstoffe, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
  MAK Commission2

1 Institut für Angewandte Biowissenschaften, Abteilung Lebensmittelchemie und Toxikologie, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Adenauerring 20a, Geb. 50.41, 76131 Karlsruhe, Deutschland
2 Ständige Senatskommission zur Prüfung gesundheitsschädlicher Arbeitsstoffe, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Kennedyallee 40, 53175 Bonn, Deutschland

Abstract

The German Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has been evaluating components of metal‐working fluids since 1982. A list of these compounds has been published and updated regularly in cooperation with German manufacturers of lubricants. As significant amounts of hydraulic fluids as well as other lubricants can leak into metal‐working fluids during their application, these components are also listed. The list contains about 360 components or component groups; however, it is not complete because there is no obligation to declare all components. This is especially true for metal‐working fluids. CAS numbers and structural formulae as well as the use concentration are given, if known. Compounds which are no longer allowed to be used in metal‐working fluids are mentioned in a “historical” list with the reason for their discontinuation. The reader is advised to check whether an evaluation of the toxicity by the Commission exists for the component of interest.


Keywords

metal-working fluids, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, solvent, anti-corrosion agent; corrosion inhibitors, nitrosamine formation, substance in the work area