Except as described at § 713.7 :
Table 2-Categories and Subcategories of Mercury-Added Products
Category | Subcategory |
Batteries | -Button cell, silver. -Button cell, zinc-air. -Button cell, alkaline. -Stacked button cell batteries. -Manganese oxide. -Silver oxide. -Mercuric oxide, non-button cell. -Button cell, mercuric oxide. -Button cell, zinc carbon. -Other (specify). |
Dental amalgam | [No subcategories]. |
Formulated products (includes uses in cosmetics, pesticides, and laboratory chemicals) | -Skin-lightening creams. -Lotions. -Soaps and sanitizers. -Bath oils and salts. -Topical antiseptics. -Preservatives (e.g., for use in vaccines and eye-area cosmetics when no preservative alternatives are available). -Pharmaceuticals (including prescription and over-the-counter drug products). -Cleaning products (not registered as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act). -Pesticides. -Paints. -Dyes. -Reagents (e.g., catalysts, buffers, fixatives). -Other (specify). |
Lighting, lamps, bulbs | -Linear fluorescent. -Compact fluorescent. -U-tube and circular fluorescent. -Cold cathode fluorescent. -External electrode fluorescent. -Mercury vapor. -Metal halide. -High pressure sodium. -Mercury short arc. -Neon. -Other (specify). |
Measuring instruments | -Barometer. -Fever thermometer. -Flow meter. -Hydrometer. -Hygrometer/psychrometer. -Manometer. -Non-fever thermometer. -Pyrometer. -Sphygmomanometer. -Other (specify). |
Pump seals | [No subcategories]. |
Switches, relays, sensors, valves | -Tilt switch. -Vibration switch. -Float switch. -Pressure switch. -Temperature switch. -Displacement relay. -Wetted reed relay. -Contact relay. -Flame sensor. -Thermostat. -Other (specify). |
Miscellaneous/novelty mercury-added products | -Wheel weights. -Wheel rotation balancers/stabilizers. -Firearm recoil suppressors. -Carburetor synchronizers. -Joint support/shock absorption bands. -Other (specify). |
Table 3-Manufacturing Process for Which Mercury Is Otherwise Intentionally Used
Chlorine production (e.g., mercury-cell chlor-alkali process). |
Acetaldehyde production. |
Sodium/potassium methylate/ethylate production. |
Polyurethane/plastic production. |
Other (specify). |
Table 4-Specific Use of Mercury in a Manufacturing Process
Catalyst. |
Cathode. |
Reactant. |
Reagent. |
Other (specify). |
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