WHMIS (N,N-Dimethyl-p-nitrosoaniline)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Flammable solids - Undefined category1 2 3
• 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.

• Self-heating substances and mixtures - Category 14

• Combustible dusts - See comments below

• Skin sensitization - Category 15 6 7 8

Danger

Flammable Solids : Undefined hazard statement
Self-heating; may catch fire (H251)
May cause allergic skin reaction (H317)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: This product belongs to the hazard class "Combustible dust" if 5% or more by weight of its composition has a particle size < 500 µm.

References

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• ▲3.  Lewis, RJ., Sax's dangerous properties of industrial materials (en ligne). 11th ed. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons. (2014).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/0471701343
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