Major Category
Other Classes
Synonyms
Acetylene black; Animal bone charcoal; Aroflow; Arogen; Arotone; Arovel; Arrow; Atlantic; Black Kosmos 33; Black pearls; C.I. 77266; C.I. Pigment Black 6; C.I. Pigment Black 7; CI 77266; CI Pigment black 7; CK3; Cancarb; Carbodis; Carbolac; Carbolac 1; Carbomet; Carbon Black BV and V; Carbon black; Carbon black, acetylene; Carbon black, channel; Carbon black, furnace; Carbon black, lamp; Carbon black, thermal; Carbon, amorphous; Channel Black; Char, from refuse burner; Collocarb; Columbia carbon; Conductex 900; Continex; Corax A; Corax P; Croflex; Crolac; Degussa; Delussa Black FW; Durex O; ELF 78; Eagle Germantown; Elftex; Essex; Excelsior; Explosion Acetylene Black; Explosion Black; Farbruss; Fecto; Flamruss; Furnace black; Furnal; Furnex; Furnex N 765; Gas Black; Gas-furnace black; Gastex; Huber; Humenegro; Impingement Black; Impingement carbons; Ketjenblack EC; Kosmink; Kosmobil; Kosmolak; Kosmos; Kosmotherm; Kosmovar; Lamp black; Lampblack; Magecol; Metanex; Micronex; Miike 20; Modulex; Mogul; Mogul L; Molacco; Monarch 1300; Monarch 700; Neo Spectra Beads AG; Neo-Spectra Mark II; Neo-spectra II; Neotex; Niteron 55; Oil-furnace Black; P 33 (carbon black); P1250; P68; Peach black; Pelletex; Permablak 663; Philblack; Philblack N 550; Philblack N 765; Philblack O; Pigment Black 7; Printex; Printex 60; Raven; Raven 30; Raven 420; Raven 500; Raven 8000; Rebonex; Regal; Regal 300; Regal 330; Regal 400R; Regal 600; Regal 99; Regal SRF; Regent; Royal spectra; Sevacarb; Seval; Shawinigan Acetylene Black; Shell carbon; Special Black 1V & V; Special schwarz; Spheron; Spheron 6; Statex; Statex N 550; Sterling MT; Sterling N 765; Sterling NS; Sterling SO 1; Super-carbovar; Super-spectra; Superba; TM 30; Therma-atomic Black; Thermal Acetylene Black; Thermal black; Thermatomic; Thermax; Thermblack; Tinolite; Toka Black 4500; Toka Black 5500; Toka Black 8500; [ChemIDplus]
Category
Elements, Nonmetallic
Description
Black, odorless solid; [NIOSH]
Sources/Uses
Used mainly in rubber (90%) and as a pigment (9%); [ACGIH] Carbon black is a manufactured material while soot is a waste product of combustion. Compared to soot, carbon black particles are more homogeneous and less biologically active. [AIHAJ 2001;62(2):218-28]
Comments
The TLV Basis is bronchitis; Carbon black (CB) contains less than 0.3% extractable impurities; Workers who inhale CB have "very low" exposure to PAHs; Epidemiology studies have found an association with small opacities on chest x-ray, but there is "doubt on their biological significance." Respiratory symptoms and chest x-ray abnormalities may be reversible after cessation of exposure; [ACGIH]
Skin Designation (ACGIH)
Insufficient data
TLV (ACGIH)
3 mg/m3, inhalable fraction
Excerpts from Documentation for IDLHs
Animal or human data: None indicating that high concentrations of carbon black would have significant health effects to workers within 30 minutes.
Explanatory Notes
PEL = 0.1 mg/m3 in presence of PAHs;
IARC Carcinogen
Possible (2b)
ACGIH Carcinogen
Confirmed Animal
Processes
Industrial Processes with risk of exposure:
Activities
Activities with risk of exposure: