Packaging

Cobalt-Free Humidity Indicator Card HumiJudge TM

Friday 08. April 2011 - Containing no carcinogenic cobalt compounds ( e.g. cobalt chloride ) and harmful?substances.

?Major applications?
* Confirmation as to whether electronic parts
susceptible to humidity are properly stored.
* Management of storage and transportation of
electronic parts including semiconductors.
* Quality assurance of chemicals that
deteriorate when exposed to humidity.?????????????????????
30% humidity one-point humidity indicator
Color changes from blue to pink in response to a humidity change
?Features?
?Free of harmful substances?
Containing no carcinogenic cobalt compounds ( e.g. cobalt chloride ) and harmful?substances.
?Visible color change?
Proprietary development “rewriting technology” achieving a color change (blue –>pink)
equivalent to conventional products.
?Clean environment?
No paper dust generated because of the plastic material, unlike conventional* paper products.
?Easy disposal?
Disposable as plastic waste since it contains no harmful substances (e.g. heavy metals).
?Health hazards of cobalt chloride?
* Cobalt chloride, when inhaled, poses a cancer risk.
* The EU directive (67/548/EEC) regarding classification, packaging, and
labeling of hazardous substances identifies cobalt chloride as
a hazardous substance subject to the reporting requirement.
* Also, in Japan, the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Act (PRTR)
(requires businesses handling chemical substances potentially
hazardous to the environment to estimate what chemical substances,
from what kind of sources, and how much chemical substances are
released to the environment, or the amount of chemical substances
that are transferred in waste to outside the businesses site, and
aggregate and make available the findings to the public) identifies
cobalt chloride as one of chemical substances subject to the reporting
requirement.
* EU directives require any product containing 0.01wt% or more cobalt chloride
to be labeled with the skull-and-crossbones marking and a warning statement.