WHMIS (Lithium phosphide)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

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

• Acute toxicity - inhalation - Category 11

• Skin corrosion/irritation - Category 1

• Serious eye damage/eye irritation - Category 1

• Specific target organ toxicity - single exposure (respiratory tract irritation) - Category 3 - Respiratory tract irritation

Danger

Substances and Mixtures which, in Contact with Water, Emit Flammable Gases : Undefined hazard statement
Fatal if inhaled (H330)
Causes severe skin burns and eye damage (H314)
May cause respiratory irritation (H335)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments1 : There are no data available for lithium phosphide regarding its irritation or corrosion ability. However, it forms on contact with water a corrosive substance: lithium hydroxide.

References

• ▲1.  Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology : paper to pigment dispersions. Vol. 18, 4ème éd. New York : John Wiley & Sons. (1996). [RT-423004]

The [number] refers to the Information SST database of the CNESST Documentation Center.