WHMIS (Cellulose nitrate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable solids - Undefined category1 2
• This hazard class has been assigned according to the information obtained from the consulted scientific literature, but it does not allow to specify the hazard category.

• Combustible dusts - See comments below

• Physical hazards not otherwise classified (exploding bomb) - Category 13

Danger

Flammable Solids : Undefined hazard statement
May cause an explosion under conditions of schock and/or friction

Ingredient disclosure

Comments1 2 3 4 5 6 7 :

This product belongs to the hazard class "Combustible dust" if 5% or more by weight of its composition has a particle size < 500 µm.

A thermally unstable substance liable to undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition. Laboratory testing performed on the substance as packaged is necessary to determine the category (Type A to G) of this hazard class.

This product is an explosive according to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods. It also corresponds to a Self-Reactive substance according to the Hazardous Products Regulations.

References

• ▲1.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities. 2nd ed. New York, N.Y. : Wiley Interscience. (2003). [RR-015033]
• ▲2.  Lewis Sr., R.J., Hazardous chemicals desk reference. 6 éd. Hoboken (New Jersey) : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2008). [RM-515053]   www.wiley.com
• ▲3.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities. 3ème éd. New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2009). [RR-015033]   www.wiley.com
• ▲4.  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards. 3 ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : NIOSH. (2007). [RM-514001]   https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html
• ▲5.  Canada. Ministère des transports, Règlement sur le transport des marchandises dangereuses. Ottawa : Éditions du gouvernement du Canada. (2014). [RJ-410222]   http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/tmd/clair-menu-497.htm
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• ▲6.  Babrauskas, V., Ignition handbook. Issaquah (WA) : Fire Science Publishers. (2003). [RR-334012]   www.doctorfire.com
• ▲7.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 14th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2010). [RR-334001]

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