Substance profile
Paraffin waxes (coal), brown-coal-high-temp. tar
Paraffin waxes (coal), brown-coal-high-temp. tar is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.
01 · Identification
What Paraffin waxes (coal)… is
Paraffin waxes (coal), brown-coal-high-temp. tar is a substance with a harmonised classification under EU CLP.
Under the GHS it carries the signal word Danger.
Other names for Paraffin waxes (coal)…
- Coal Tar Extract
- [A complex combination of hydrocarbons obtained from lignite carbonization tar by solvent crystallisation (solvent deoiling), by sweating or an adducting process. It consists predominantly of straight and branched chain saturated hydrocarbons having carbon numbers predominantly greater than C12.]
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 |
|---|---|
| H350 | May cause cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>. |