WHMIS (Ammonium nitrate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Oxidizing solids - Category 31 2

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 2A3 4 5 6 7

Warning

May intensify fire; oxidizer (H272)
Causes serious eye irritation (H319)

Ingredient disclosure

References

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  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tmd/menu.htm
• ▲2.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 14th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2010). [RR-334001]
• ▲3.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲4.  Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail, CHEMINFO, Hamilton, Ont. : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/cheminfo/search.html
• ▲5.  Centre d'écologie et de toxicologie de l'industrie chimique européenne, Eye irritation reference chemicals data bank. Technical report / ECETOC; 48(2), 2nd ed. Bruxelles : ECETOC. (1998).   http://www.ecetoc.org/publication/tr-048-eye-irritation-reference-chemicals-data-bank-second-edition/
  http://www.ecetoc.org/technical-reports
• ▲6.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, IUCLID Dataset: Ammonium nitrate . Ispra, Italie : Commission européenne. (2000).   http://esis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/doc/IUCLID/data_sheets/6484522.pdf
• ▲7.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety), Ammonium Nitrate. ICSC#0216. (2013).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics0216.html

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