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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.

CAS 97926-78-8 Danger

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.

CAS number97926-78-8
EC number308-298-7
Index number648-067-00-0

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.

Signal wordDanger
Hazard statements assigned to Paraffin waxes (coal)…
CodeHazard statement
H350 May cause cancer <state route of exposure if it is conclusively proven that no other routes of exposure cause the hazard>.

Precautionary statements: P201, P280, P308, P313

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