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Gases (petroleum), benzene unit hydrotreater depentanizer overheads

Gases (petroleum), benzene unit hydrotreater depentanizer overheads is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

CAS 68602-82-4 Danger

01 · Identification

What Gases (petroleum), benzene… is

Gases (petroleum), benzene unit hydrotreater depentanizer overheads is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.

Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.

CAS number68602-82-4
EC number271-623-5
Index number649-149-00-9

Other names for Gases (petroleum), benzene…

  • Refinery gas
  • [A complex combination produced by treating the feed from the benzene unit with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst followed by depentanizing. It consists primarily of hydrogen, ethane and propane with various small amounts of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly in the range of C1 through C6. It may contain trace amounts of benzene.]

02 · GHS classification

Hazards and label elements

Harmonised classification under CLP Annex VI. This is the legally binding classification in the EU; other jurisdictions may differ.

Signal wordDanger
Hazard statements assigned to Gases (petroleum), benzene…
CodeHazard statement
H220 Extremely flammable gas.
H350 May cause cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.
H340 May cause genetic defects <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.

Precautionary statements: P201, P210, P233, P280, P308, P313, P403

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