Copper(II) fluoborate

Copper fluoroborate is a dark-blue odorless aqueous solution. Sinks and mixes with water. (USCG, 1999)

Aqueous solution: Dark-blue odorless liquid; [CAMEO] Hexahydrate: Blue crystals; [Strem Chemicals MSDS]

Danger

H302 (97.5%): Harmful if swallowed [Warning Acute toxicity, oral]

P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P352, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P330, P362+P364, P363, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)

Aggregated GHS information provided per 40 reports by companies from 3 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Danger

H290 (71.4%): May be corrosive to metals [Warning Corrosive to Metals]

Chemical: Borate(1-), tetrafluoro-, copper(2+) (2:1)

REACH registered substance: Copper(2+) tetrafluoroborate(1-) (EC: 253-959-4)

Borate(1-), tetrafluoro-, copper(2+) (2:1): Does not have an individual approval but may be used as a component in a product covered by a group standard. It is not approved for use as a chemical in its own right.

A skin, eye, and respiratory tract irritant; [CAMEO] A severe skin and eye irritant; [CHRIS] Acute copper poisoning after ingestion can cause liver injury, methemoglobinemia, and hemolytic anemia. Acute renal failure may result, secondary to massive hemoglobinuria. [Goldfrank, p. 1259] An irritant that may cause serious eye injury and delayed deep skin burns; [Strem Chemicals MSDS] See Potassium tetrafluoroborate. See Copper.

Used in copper plating and to produce printed circuits; [Ullmann]

Electroplating [Category: Plate]