WHMIS (Cyclonite)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Acute toxicity - oral - Category 31 2 3 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure - Category 11 4

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 21 4

• Physical hazards not otherwise classified (exploding bomb) - Category 15

Danger

Toxic if swallowed (H301)
Causes damage to organs (H370)
May cause damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H373)
May cause an explosion under conditions of schock and/or friction

Ingredient disclosure

Comments6 : This product is an explosive according to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods. It also corresponds to a Self-Reactive substance according to the Hazardous Products Regulations.

A thermally unstable substance liable to undergo a strongly exothermic decomposition. Laboratory testing performed on the substance as packaged is nescessary to determine the category (Type A to G) of this hazard class.

References

• ▲1.  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
• ▲2.  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
• ▲3.  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
• ▲4.  Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry, Toxicological profil for RDX (Cyclonite). Atlanta, GA : ATSDR. (2012).   http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp.asp?id=412&tid=72 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ToxProfiles/tp78.pdf
• ▲5.  Akhavan, J. et The royal society of chemistry, The chemistry of explosives. Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry. (1998). [MO-020589]
• ▲6.  Pohanish, R.P. et Greene, S.A., Wiley guide to chemical incompatibilities. 3ème éd. New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc. (2009). [RR-015033]   www.wiley.com

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