WHMIS (Nonane)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 31
• Flash point = 31 °C closed cup (non reported method)

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 42 3 4 5

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 24 5 6 7

• Aspiration hazard - Category 15 7 8
• Liquid hydrocarbon with a kinematic viscosity of 0.92 mm2/s at 25°C and 0.67 mm2/s at 50°C

Danger

Flammable liquid and vapour (H226)
Harmful if inhaled (H332)
Causes skin irritation (H315)
May be fatal if swallowed and enters airways (H304)

Ingredient disclosure

References

• ▲1.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 14th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2010). [RR-334001]
• ▲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.  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances). Hamilton (Ont) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/rtecs/search.html
• ▲4.  National Library of Medicine, The Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB). Hamilton (Ont.) : Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.   http://www.ccohs.ca/
• ▲5.  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
• ▲6.  ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) , Information on chemicals (REACH)/ECHA chemicals database. Helsinki, Finland.   http://echa.europa.eu/information-on-chemicals/registered-substances
  https://chem.echa.europa.eu/
• ▲7.  IPCS (International Programme on Chemical Safety, Nonane. ICSC#1245. IPCS, CEC. (2011).   http://www.inchem.org/documents/icsc/icsc/eics1245.htm
• ▲8.  Lange, N.A. et Dean, J.A., Lange's handbook of chemistry. 13 éd. Montréal : McGraw-Hill Book. (1985).

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