WHMIS (Normal pentane)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 21
• Flash point = -49 °C Tag closed cup and boiling point = 36 °C

• Aspiration hazard - Category 12 3 4

Danger

Highly flammable liquid and vapour (H225)
May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways (H304)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Hazardous materials handbook. New York (NY) : Van Nostrand Reinhold. (1996). [RR-515125]
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  Galvin, J.B. et Marashi, F., «n-Pentane, CAS# 109-66-0.» Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health (Part A). Vol. 58, no. 1-2, p. 35-56. (1999). [AP-065243]
• ▲4.  Bureau européen des substances chimiques, European Union Risk Assessment Report : n-pentane. 2nd Priority List, Vol. 40. Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. (2003). EUR 20845 EN.   http://esis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ http://esis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/doc/risk_assessment/REPORT/n-pentanereport043.pdf

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