Substance profile
Paraffin waxes (coal), brown-coal high-temp tar, silicic acid-treated
Paraffin waxes (coal), brown-coal high-temp tar, silicic acid-treated 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, silicic acid-treated 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 by the treatment of lignite carbonization tar with silicic acid for removal of trace constituents and impurities. It consists predominantly of saturated straight and branched chain 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>. |