WHMIS (Barium perchlorate)

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

WHMIS 2015 classification - Note to reader

• Oxidizing solids - Undefined category1 2 3 4 5
• 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.

• Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure - Category 1

Danger

Oxidizing Solids : Undefined hazard statement
Causes damage to organs through prolonged or repeated exposure (H372)

Ingredient disclosure

Comments: Due to the lack of data, classification regarding specific organ toxicity - repeated exposure (H372)was established by analogy to sodium perchlorate.

References

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• ▲2.  Lewis, R.J., Sr., Hawley's condensed chemical dictionary. 14th ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons. (2001).   http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470114735
• ▲3.  Davletshina, T.A. et Cheremisinoff, N.P., Fire and explosion hazards handbook of industrial chemicals. New Jersey : Noyes Publications. (1998). 03416. [MO-005594]
• ▲4.  BGIA-Gestis, Information system on hazardous substances of the Berufsgenossenschaften. Sankt Augustin, Germany : Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut.   http://www.hvbg.de/e/bia/fac/stoffdb/index.html
• ▲5.  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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