WHMIS (Aluminum (pyrotechnical powder))

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

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

• Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases - Category 22 6

• Combustible dusts - See comments below1 2 3 4 5

Danger

Flammable Solids : Undefined hazard statement
In contact with water releases flammable gases (H261)

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

• ▲1.  Dutch Institute for the Working Environment et Dutch Chemical Industry Association, Chemical safety sheets : working safely with hazardous chemicals. Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers. (1991). [RR-015010]
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 14th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2010). [RR-334001]
• ▲4.  Patnaik, P., A comprehensive guide to the hazardous properties of chemical substances. 3nd ed. New York : Wiley. (2007). [RM-515120]
• ▲5.  The aluminium association, Recommendations for storage and handling of aluminium powders and paste. Vol. TR2. (2006).   http://www.aluminum.org/
• ▲6.  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
  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tmd/menu.htm

The [number] refers to the Information SST database of the CNESST Documentation Center.