WHMIS (Sodium methylate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable solids - Undefined category1 2 3 4 5 6 7
• 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.

• Self-heating substances and mixtures - Category 18

• Combustible dusts - See comments below9

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 410 11

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 110 11

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 110

• Physical hazards not otherwise classified (exclamation mark) - Category 11 4 12

• Health hazards not otherwise classified (corrosion) - Category 1

Danger

Flammable Solids : Undefined hazard statement
Self-heating; may catch fire (H251)
Harmful if swallowed (H302)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
Reacts violently or explosively in contact with water at ambient temperature
Causes severe damage to the respiratory tract

Ingredient disclosure

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

References

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• ▲3.  Lewis, R.J., Sr., Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. 15th ed. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons. (2007). [RS-407001]   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470114735
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• ▲7.  New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Hazardous substance fact sheet : SODIUM METHYLATE. Right to Know Program. Trenton, NJ. (2002). RTK 1709.   www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/odisweb
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