WHMIS (Picramic acid)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Self-reactive substances - Undefined category1 2 3 4
• 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

Self-reactive Sustances and Mixtures - undefined hazard statement

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: 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.

References

• ▲1.  Canada. Ministère des transports, Règlement sur le transport des marchandises dangereuses. Ottawa : Éditions du gouvernement du Canada. (2014). [RJ-410222]   http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/tmd/clair-menu-497.htm
  http://www.tc.gc.ca/tmd/menu.htm
• ▲2.  United States. National Ocean Service. Office of Response and Restoration., Computer aided management of emergency operations chemicals (CAMEO chemicals) : online database of hazardous materials. USA : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.   http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/search/simple
  http://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/
• ▲3.  Lewis, R.J., Sr., Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. 15th ed. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons. (2007). [RS-407001]   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470114735
• ▲4.  Ash, M. et Ash, I., Specialty Chemicals Source Book. Synapse Information Resources, Vol. 2, 4th Ed. N.Y. : Endicott. (2009). [RS-402000]   http://www.synapseinfo.com/

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