WHMIS (Lithium acetylenide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases - Undefined category1 2
• 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.

Signal word not defined

Substances and Mixtures which, in Contact with Water, Emit Flammable Gases : Undefined hazard statement

Ingredient disclosure

Comments2 : There are no data available for lithium acetylenide regarding its irritation or corrosion ability. However, it may form, on contact with water, a corrosive substance: lithium carbide.

References

• ▲1.  Patnaik, P., A comprehensive guide to the hazardous properties of chemical substances. 2nd ed. New York : Wiley. (1999). [RM-515120]
• ▲2.  W.A. HART et O.F. BEUMEL, JR., The Chemistry of LITHIUM, SODIUM, POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM, CESIUM and FRANCIUM. PERGAMON PRESS.

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