Introduction:
The European Union’s RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive 2002/95/EC states that “Member states shall insure that, from July 1st, 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).”
Current Status:
Allied Components International offers our entire standard catalog product as “RoHS Compliant” under the RoHS directive as set forth by the European Union in February of 2003.
Production Identification:
A suffix of “-RC” on any Allied Components part number identifies that product as RoHS compliant. For part specific details please contact Allied Components International.
Reach Declaration
On October 28, 2008, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released a list of substances of very high concern (SVHC) which are listed in the table below.
| No. |
Substances of very high concern |
CAS number |
EC number |
Basis for Identification as a SVHC |
| 1 |
Anthracene |
120-12-7 |
204-371-1 |
Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic |
| 2 |
4,4'- Diaminodiphenylmethane |
101-77-9 |
202-974-4 |
Carcinogen, cat. 2 |
| 3 |
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) |
84-74-2 |
201-557-4 |
Toxic for reproduction, cat. 2 |
| 4 |
Cobalt dichloride |
7646-79-9 |
231-589-4 |
Carcinogen, cat. 2 |
| 5 |
Diarsenic pentaoxide |
1303-28-2 |
215-116-9 |
Carcinogen, cat. 1 |
| 6 |
Diarsenic trioxide |
1327-53-3 |
215-481-4 |
Carcinogen, cat. 1 |
| 7 |
Sodium dichromate |
7789-12-0 |
234-190-3 |
Carcinogen, cat. 2; Mutagen, cat. 2; Toxic for reproduction, cat. 2 |
| 8 |
5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musk xylene) |
81-15-2 |
201-329-4 |
Very persistent and very bioaccumulative |
| 9 |
Bis (2-ethyl(hexyl)phthalate) (DEHP) |
117-81-7 |
204-211-0 |
Tixic for reproduction, cat. 2 |
| 10 |
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and 10 all major diastereoisomers identified (α - HBCDD, β-HBCDD, γ-HBCDD) |
25637-99-4 |
247-148-4 |
Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic |
| 11 |
Alkanes, C10-13, chloro (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins) |
85535-84-8 |
287-476-5 |
Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic; Very Persistent and very bioaccumulative |
| 12 |
Bis(tributyltin)oxide |
56-35-9 |
200-268-0 |
Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic |
| 13 |
Lead hydrogen arsenate |
7784-40-9 |
232-064-2 |
Carcinogen, cat. 1; Toxic for reproduction cat. 1 |
| 14 |
Triethyl arsenate |
15606-95-8 |
427-700-2 |
Toxic for reproduction, cat. 2 |
| 15 |
Benzyl butyl phthalate |
85-68-7 |
201-622-7 |
Carcinogen, cat. 1 |
Allied Components International declares that to the best of our knowledge through engineering evaluation and material supplier feedback, all catalog products supplied by Allied Components International do not contain any of the above mentioned substances above acceptable levels which are less than 0.1% weight per weight (less than 1000mg/kg,ppm).
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