WHMIS (Silicon carbide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1

Signal word, hazard statement and pictogram may be required

Ingredient disclosure

Comments:

This product could belong to the hazard class "Combustible dust", based on various factors related to the combustibility and explosiveness of its dust, including composition, shape and size of the particles.

Untested mixture of silicon carbide may contain at least 0.1% of crystalline silica that may cause cancer (H350) and at least 1% of crystalline silica that may cause specific organ toxicity following repeated exposure (H372).

References

• ▲1.  Combustion and explosion characteristics of dusts : BIA-Report 13/97. Sankt Ausgustin, Allemagne. (1997). [MO-127954]

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