Note: This feature requires the Chemical Inventory module licensed at your site.
A chemical's details include its identification (name, CAS/EC numbers, chemical formula), the substance concentration to which this record applies, and other classifications and conditions. The following is a complete list of the data items you can view (and, with the required permissions, edit) in a chemical's details.
● CAS: The unique ID number assigned to the chemical by the US-based Chemical Abstracts Service. (SDS texts typically list the CAS numbers of their products’ chemical ingredients.)
● Chemical Name: The chemical’s most commonly used name within your organization.
● Formula: The chemical’s chemical formula, such as H2O (water) or H2SO4 (sulfuric acid).
● Formulation: An alternate chemical name that describes the bonding nature of the chemical, such as "1-BROMOBUTANE" or "1-(2-HYDROXYETHYL)-2-PYRROLIDINONE".
● EC Number: The unique ID number assigned to the chemical within the European Community. (EC numbers have replaced the outmoded EINECS/ELINCS numbers, which once identified chemical substances on the European market.)
● RTECS Number: The chemical’s identifying number in the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances, a database published by NIOSH: the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
● UN Number: The number indicating the chemical’s nature/degree of transport hazard according to the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
● Molecular Weight: The weight of one molecule of the chemical compared to one molecule of hydrogen—the lightest element—which has a weight of 1. (Example: If one molecule of the chemical is exactly twice the weight of one molecule of hydrogen, its molecular weight is 2.)
● Contribution Restriction: The concentration to which the chemical record applies, as defined by a percentage of a product's composition. Since different concentrations may have different properties, you may define multiple chemical records for different concentrations of a single substance. Example: A single substance might have the following three separate chemical records:
● Low concentration: <35% of a product's composition
● Moderate concentration: 35-70% of a product's composition
● High concentration: >70% of a product's composition
● Other Conditions: Any other important conditions of the chemical not covered in the other details.
● Primary UOM: The unit of measure most commonly used to measure the chemical substance. When you view the chemical's history in detail transactions on its Inventory Levels page, the chemical's running balance is measured in this unit.
To view a chemical's details:
Starting at the Chemical Home page (How do I get there?), do the following:
● Under Additional Details, click Details.
The chemical's current details are displayed. See the list above for more on each detail setting.
If you have permission to edit chemical details, see Editing a Chemical's Details.
