Radiation Curable Coating, Inks and Adhesives [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContributor
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) provides information on the sources, use patterns, and potential release pathways of chemicals used in the radiation curable products industry, specifically during application of radiation curable coatings, inks, and adhesives. The document focuses primarily on ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable products and presents standard approaches for estimating the environmental releases of and occupational exposures to components and additives used in radiation curable products.  
Industry Summary and Background 17 -Introduction to Radiation Curing Products 17 -UV Technology18 -EB Technology 18 -Use of UV/EB Technologies 18 -Market Description 19 Process Description 25 -Formulation25 -Application25 -Radiation Curable Formulations 32 -Physical Properties of Radiation Curable Chemicals 36 Overall Approach and General Facility Estimates for the Application of Radiation Curable Products 40 -Introduction to the General Facility Estimates&nbsp;40 -Annual Facility Radiation Curable Product Use Rate (Qapp_site_yr) 41 -Mass Fraction of the Chemical of Interest in the Radiation Curable Component (Fchem_comp)&nbsp;45 -Mass Fraction of the Component in the Radiation Curable Product (Fcomp_form)&nbsp;45 -Mass Fraction of the Chemical of Interest in the Radiation Curable Product (Fchem_form) 46 -Number of Application Sites (Napp_sites) 46 -Days of Operation (TIMEapp_working_days) 47 -Daily Use Rate of the Chemical of Interest (Qapp_chem_site_day) 47 -Annual Number of Radiation Curable Product Containers Emptied per Facility 47 Environmental Release Assessments for the Application of Radiation Curable Products 49 -Control Technologies 50 -Transfer operations Losses to Air from Unloading the Radiation Curable Formulation (Release 1) 51 -Raw Material Sampling Wastes Disposed to Water, Incineration or Landfill (Release 2) 52 -Open Surface Losses to Air During Raw Material Sampling (Release 3)&nbsp;&nbsp;52 -Radiation Curable Formulation Container Residue Released to Water, Incineration, or Landfill (Release 4) 53 -Open Surface Losses to Air During Container Cleaning (Release 5) 55 -Process Releases During Operations (Release 6) 56 -Equipment Cleaning Releases to Incineration or Landfill (Release 7) 60 -Open Surface Losses to Air During Equipment Cleaning (Release 8) 61 Occupational Exposure Assessments for th Applicaction of Radiation Curable Products&nbsp;63 -Personal Protective Equipment&nbsp; 64 -Number of Workers Exposed Per Site 64 -Exposure from Unloading Liquid Formulations (Exposure A) 66 -Exposure to Liquids from Sampling Raw Material (Exposure B) 69 -Exposure to Liquids from Container Cleaning (Exposure C)&nbsp;71 -Exposure during Coating Operations (Exposure D) 73 -Exposure to Liquids from Equipment Cleaning of Applicators and other Process Equipment (Exposure E)&nbsp;76 Sample Calculations 79 -General Facility Information for Application of Radiation Curable Products 79 -Release Assessments for Application of Radiation Curable Products&nbsp; 81 -Occupational Exposure Assessments for Application of Radiation Curable Products 86 Data Gaps / Uncertainties and Future Work 94 References 96 Appendix A: Estimation Equation&nbsp; Summary and Default Parameter Values Appendix B: Background Information and Equations/Defaults for the Standard EPA Environmental Release and Worker Exposure Models Appendix C: Methodology to Derive the Total Annual Facility Use Rate for Application Sites 
This OECD Emission Scenario Document (ESD) provides information on the sources, use patterns, and potential release pathways of chemicals used in the radiation curable products industry, specifically during application of radiation curable coatings, inks, and adhesives. The document focuses primarily on ultraviolet (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable products and presents standard approaches for estimating the environmental releases of and occupational exposures to components and additives used in radiation curable products.  
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