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