WHMIS (Sulfur hexafluoride)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Gases under pressure - Liquefied gas1

• Simple asphyxiants - Category 12 3 4

Warning

Contains gas under pressure; may explode if heated (H280)
May displace oxygen and cause rapid suffocation

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Nations-Unies, «Partie 4 - Dispositions relatives à l'utilisation des emballages et des citernes - Liste des instructions d'emballage.» In: Recommandations relatives au transport des marchandises dangereuses - Règlement type - Dix-huitième édition révisée . New-York, N.Y. : United Nations. (2013). ST/SG/AC.10/1/rev. 18 (Vol. II). [MO-026856]   http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/French/Rev18f_Volume2.pdf
  http://www.unece.org/fr/trans/danger/publi/unrec/rev18/18files_f.html
• ▲2.  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Documentation of the threshold limit values and biological exposure indices / Documentation of TLV's and BEI's. 7th ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : ACGIH. (2001-). Publication #0100Doc. [RM-514008]   http://www.acgih.org
• ▲3.  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]
• ▲4.  Lewis Sr., R.J., Hazardous chemicals desk reference. 6 éd. Hoboken (New Jersey) : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2008). [RM-515053]   www.wiley.com

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