Physical hazard · In contact with water emits flammable gases
H260 — In contact with water releases flammable gases which may ignite spontaneously
Physical hazard statements describe what the substance itself can do — explode, ignite, react, corrode metal. 26 substances with a harmonised EU classification carry this code.
01 · Wording
What H260 says
In contact with water releases flammable gases which may ignite spontaneously.
CLP Annex III · Physical hazards
In contact with water emits flammable gases GHS chapter 2.12
Category 1 · pictogram GHS02 (flame) · signal word Danger
Unchanged since 2009.
Present in every UN GHS edition from Rev.3 (2009) to Rev.11 (2025), with the same wording throughout.
Nine editions of the UN model text, 86 hazard statements, 19 of which ever moved. Read the full story in what changed in UN GHS Rev.11.
02 · Legal status
Where H260 is current
GHS is a United Nations model text, revised every two years, and each jurisdiction adopts a revision on its own timetable. A code can be legally current in one system and deleted in another — that is normal, not an error.
| Jurisdiction | Basis | Status of H260 |
|---|---|---|
| EU CLP | Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 CLP Annex IV, Part 2 (consolidated) | Current |
| US OSHA HazCom | 29 CFR 1910.1200 Appendix C UN GHS Rev.7 (final rule of 20 May 2024) | Current |
| US HazCom 2012 | legacy · GHS Rev.3 UN GHS Rev.3, Annex 3 | Current |
| UN GHS | Rev.11 (2025) UN GHS Rev.11, Annex 3 | Current |
Currently in force under: EU CLP, US OSHA HazCom, US HazCom 2012, UN GHS. Sources: EU CLP · US OSHA HazCom · US HazCom 2012 · UN GHS
03 · Substances
Substances carrying H260
Every entry whose harmonised CLP Annex VI classification includes this hazard statement. Substances with a reference page here open on this site; the rest open on ghssymbols.com. Of these, 3 are group entries such as “salts of picric acid” or “beryllium compounds” — Annex VI gives them no CAS number, so they are listed by Index No and have no page of their own.
- (2-methylpropyl)lithium; isobutyllithium CAS 920-36-5
- aluminium alkyls Index No 013-004-00-2
- aluminium lithium hydride CAS 16853-85-3
- aluminium phosphide CAS 20859-73-8
- calcium carbide CAS 75-20-7
- calcium hydride CAS 7789-78-8
- calcium phosphide; tricalcium diphosphide CAS 1305-99-3
- diethyl(ethyldimethylsilanolato)aluminium CAS 55426-95-4
- dimethylzinc [1]; diethylzinc [2] CAS 544-97-8[1]557-20-0[
- diphosphorus pentasulphide; phosphorus pentasulphide CAS 1314-80-3
- ethyl propoxy aluminium chloride CAS 13014-29-4
- lithium CAS 7439-93-2
- magnesium alkyls Index No 012-003-00-4
- magnesium phosphide; trimagnesium diphosphide CAS 12057-74-8
- magnesium powder (pyrophoric) CAS 7439-95-4
- n-hexyllithium CAS 21369-64-2
- potassium CAS 7440-09-7
- potassium mu-fluoro-bis(triethylaluminium) CAS 12091-08-6
- sodium CAS 7440-23-5
- sodium hydride CAS 7646-69-7
- sodium((n-butyl)x(ethyl)y-1,5-dihydro)aluminate) x = 0,5, y = 1,5 Index No 013-009-00-X
- tetraphosphorus trisulphide; phosphorus sesquisulphid CAS 1314-85-8
- trichlorosilane CAS 10025-78-2
- trizinc diphosphide; zinc phosphide CAS 1314-84-7
- zinc powder - zinc dust (pyrophoric) CAS 7440-66-6
- zirconium powder (pyrophoric) CAS 7440-67-7
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