WHMIS (Acetic acid, more than 80%)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable liquids - Category 31 2 3
• Flash point between 39 °C and 71°C closed cup (non reported method), according to concentration

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 4

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 14 5
• Contains >= 1% of an acid with a pH <= 2

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 14

Danger

Flammable liquid and vapour (H226)
Corrosive to the respiratory tract; Harmful if inhaled (H332)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product could be corrosive to metals, please contact the supplier for additionnal information.

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.  National Fire Protection Association, Fire protection guide to hazardous materials. 13th ed. Quincy, Mass. : NFPA. (2002). [RR-334001]
• ▲3.  Agnès Janès et Jacques Chaineaux, «Experimental Determination of Flash points of Flammable Liquid Aqueous Solutions.» Chemical Engineering Transactions. Vol. 31, p. 943-948. (2013).
• ▲4.  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
• ▲5.  France. Institut national de recherche et de sécurité, Fiche toxicologique no 24 : Acide acétique. Cahiers de notes documentaires. Paris : INRS. (2011). [RE-005509]   http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox.html
  http://www.inrs.fr/publications/bdd/fichetox/fiche.html?refINRS=FICHETOX_24

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