Development of a new QSPR based tool to predict explosibility properties of chemical substances within the framework of REACH and GHS

The new European regulation of Chemicals named REACH (for "Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals") turned out in the practical registration phase in December 2008. It requires the new assessment of hazard properties for up to 140000 substances. In this context, the development of alternative predictive methods for assessing hazardous properties of chemical substances is promoted in REACH and in the related new European classification System of substances CLP (Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemical substances and mixtures)